Music

Classical work

Composer, C. C. (Year of copyright). Title of song or work [Song recorded by A. A. Artist or Group]. On Title of the album. Label. (Original work published Year)

Lilburn, D. (2013). Sonata in C [Music recorded by J. Cormack and M. Houstoun]. On Lilburn duos for violin & piano. Atoll. (Original work published 1943)

• Parenthetical citation: (Lilburn, 1943/2013)
• Narrative citation: Lilburn (1943/2013)

Classical music album as a whole

Composer, C. C. (Year of copyright). Title of the album [Album recorded by A. A. Artist or Group]. Label. (Original work published Year)

Bruckner, A. (1996). Symphony no. 1 [Album recorded by Chicago Symphony Orchestra]. Decca. (Original work published 1865–1866)

• Parenthetical citation: (Bruckner, 1865–1866/1996)
• Narrative citation: Bruckner (1865–1866/1996)

Non-classical work

Artist, A. A. (Year of copyright). Title of song or work [Song]. On Title of the album. Label.

Davis, M. (1986). Blue in green [Music]. On Kind of blue. Columbia. (Original work published 1962)

• Parenthetical citation: (Davis, 1962/1986)
• Narrative citation: Davis (1962/1986)

Sound recordings via Naxos

Bernstein, L., & Sondheim, S. (2002). Somewhere [Song recorded by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra]. On West Side story. Naxos. (Original work published 1957)

Richter, M. (2015). Dream 3 (in the midst of my life) [Music recorded by Y. Numata, B. Russell, & M. Richter]. On From sleep. Deutsche Grammophon.

• Parenthetical citations: (Bernstein & Sondheim, 1957/2002; Richter, 2015)
• Narrative citations: Bernstein and Sondheim (1957/2002) and Richter (2015)
• If you cannot find the date on Naxos, use n.d. (no date) instead of a year.

Composer, C. C. (Year of Publication). Title of score [Medium]. Publisher.

Milhaud, D. (1928). Trois rag-caprices pour piano à deux mains [Musical score]. Universal Edition.

• Parenthetical citation: The Three Rag-Caprices (Milhaud, 1928) were composed a year before the much better-known Création du Monde, and many of the rhythmic and harmonic innovations in the later work can be traced back to these piano pieces.
• Narrative citation: Mihaud’s (1928) Three Rag-Caprices were composed a year before …

Composer, C. C. (Year of Publication). Title of score [Medium]. In E. Editor (Ed.), Title of anthology ( ed., Vol. , pp. x–x). Publisher.

Mendelssohn, F. (1969). Symphony no. 4 in A major [Study score]. In P. H. Lang (Ed.), The symphony 1800–1900: A Norton music anthology (pp. 281–347). W. W. Norton. (Original work published 1851)

• Examples of medium include: musical score, choral score, vocal score, study score, orchestral score, libretto, song lyrics.

• Parenthetical citation: The Italian symphony has often been included in surveys of 19th-century repertoire, as evidenced by its inclusion in Lang’s seminal anthology (Mendelssohn, 1851/1969).
  
• Narrative citation: Mendelssohn (1851/1969)