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A Guide for Music Citation - Chicago/Turabian Style (17th ed)

This guide is largely based on the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. It does not yet incorporate changes in the 18th edition.

One Author for Entire Set

Volumes with Separate Titles

F:

1. David Cairns, Berlioz, 2nd ed., vol. 1, The Making of an Artist, 1803–1832 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000), 29.
B:

Cairns, David. Berlioz. 2nd ed. Vol. 1, The Making of an Artist, 1803–1832. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.

 

Volumes with Numbers Only

F:

1. Jon Banks, The Motet as a Formal Type in Northern Italy ca. 1500 (New York: Garland, 1993), 2:3-5.
B:

Banks, Jon. The Motet as a Formal Type in Northern Italy ca. 1500. Vol. 2. New York: Garland, 1993.
  • In the footnote, the volume number is given before the page numbers (with a colon and no space).
  • In the bibliography, the volume numbers are given only for the volumes you used, e.g...
    • Vol. 2.
    • Vols. 1 and 3.

Editor for Set & Different Editor/Author for Individual Volumes

If you are citing a volume whose author or editor differs from that of the whole set, you must cite both.

Entire Volume

F:

1. Albrecht Riethmüller, Das Beethoven-Handbuch, vol. 4, Beethovens Vokalmusik und Bühnenwerke, ed. Birgit Lodes and Armin Raab, (Berlin: Laaber, 2014), 198-201.
B:
Riethmüller, Albrecht. Das Beethoven-Handbuch. Vol. 4, Beethovens Vokalmusik und Bühnenwerke, edited by Birgit Lodes and Armin Raab. Berlin: Laaber, 2014.
Riethmüller, Albrecht. Das Beethoven-Handbuch. Vol. 4, Beethovens Vokalmusik und Bühnenwerke, edited by Birgit Lodes and Armin Raab. Berlin: Laaber, 2014.

One Chapter/Essay with Separate Author

F:

1. William Kinderman, "Beethovens Humor," in Das Beethoven-Handbuch, ed. Albrecht Riethmüller, vol. 4, Beethovens Vokalmusik und Bühnenwerke, ed. Birgit Lodes and Armin Raab, (Berlin: Laaber, 2014), 198-201.
B:

Kinderman, William. "Beethovens Humor." In Das Beethoven-Handbuch, edited by Albrecht Riethmüller. Vol. 4, Beethovens Vokalmusik und Bühnenwerke, edited by Birgit Lodes and Armin Raab. Berlin: Laaber, 2014.