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Referencing style - Chicago: Music Scores

A guide to using the Chicago 18th referencing style for footnotes and reference lists.

Music Scores

 

Material type Note (footnote) example

Subsequent note entry

(See CMOS18 13.33)

 Bibliography example
Music Scores (print)

    1. James Ledger, Processions for String Quartet (Australian Music Centre, 2011).

    5. Ledger, String Quartet. Ledger, James. Processions for String Quartet. Australian Music Centre, 2011.
Music Scores (print)

    1. Aaron Copland, Concerto, Clarinet and String Orchestra (with Harp and Piano), Reduction for Clarinet and Piano (Boosey & Hawkes, 1950), 10.

For more see Chicago Manual of Style Online chapter 14, section 155.

   5. Copland, Concerto, Clarinet and String Orchestra. Copland, Aaron. Concerto, Clarinet and String Orchestra (with Harp and Piano). Reduction for Clarinet and Piano. Boosey & Hawkes, 1950.
Music Scores (online)

    1. Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op. 120, No.1, ed. Hans Gál (Breitkopf and Härtel, 1895), 3, https://search-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/view/work/bibliographic_entity|score|357609.

 

    5. Brahms, Clarinet Sonata No. 1.

Brahms, Johannes. Clarinet Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op. 120, No.1. Edited by Hans Gál. Breitkopf and Härtel, 1895. https://search-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/view/work/bibliographic_entity|score|357609.

 
Music Scores (unpublished manuscript)

    1. Margaret Sutherland, “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano,” score, 1949, Special Collections Manuscript, Reid Library, University of Western Australia.

For more see Chicago Manual of Style Online chapter 14, section 156.

    5. Sutherland, "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano". Sutherland, Margaret. “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano,” score, 1949. Special Collections Manuscript, Reid Library, University of Western Australia.

 

Creating Notes (Footnotes) using Microsoft Word

By default, Microsoft Word will format footnotes at the end of the page with a superscript number and no indent.  

For the Chicago Notes and Bibliography style, you will need to manually change the font size of footnote number and indent it.

See our instructions on how to create a Note (footnote) in Word and manually edit the format according to the Chicago Notes and Bibliography style.

Please check with your Unit Coordinator to see if their preference is to use the formal Chicago style footnote formatting or the default Word format.

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