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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.

Chapters/Essays

F:

1. Edmund A. Bowles, “The Symbolism of the Organ in the Middle Ages: A Study in the History of Ideas,” in Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Birthday Offering to Gustave Reese, ed. Jan LaRue (New York: W. W. Norton, 1966), 29.

B:

Bowles, Edmund A. “The Symbolism of the Organ in the Middle Ages: A Study in the History of Ideas.” In Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Birthday Offering to Gustave Reese, edited by Jan LaRue, 27–39. New York: W. W. Norton, 1966.

  • Use this format if the chapter/essay is part of a collection of independent pieces by several authors on several topics. If the chapter is part of a single continuous discussion, cite the whole book.
  • In the bibliography citation, page numbers (before the publication information) are for the chapter/essay as a whole, not a portion of it as cited in footnotes.