Sound recordings:
Begin with the person your paper emphasizes (performer, composer, conductor, or ensemble), last name, first. Title of Recording. Additional performers, separated by commas. Date of recording (when available). Manufacturer, year of issue. Format (CD, Audiocassette, LP). If citing a specific song off a recording, put it in quotations before the title of the recording.
Examples:
Ellington, Duke, cond. First Carnegie Hall Concert. Duke Ellington Orchestra. Rec. 23 Jan. 1943. Prestige, 1977. LP.
Holiday, Billie. The Essence of Billie Holiday. Columbia, 1991. CD.
Holiday, Billie. "God Bless the Child." Rec. 9 May 1941. The Essence of Billie Holiday. Columbia, 1991. CD.
Musical Scores:
Treat a musical score like a book. Composer's name. Title as it Appears on the Title Page. Date of composition. Place of publication: Publisher, date of publication. Medium (Print or Web).
Example:
Donizetti, Gaetano. Don Pasquale: An Opera in Three Acts with Italian-English Text. 1842. New York: Belwin, 1969. Print.
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