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Musical score

Entry in Footnotes

10. Composer, Title of Score (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page number(s).

For example - Footnotes

First entry

10. Note number I. Stravinsky,Name of Composer(s) Rite of SpringTitle of Score (italicized) (London, England: Hansen House, 1975),Place of publication, Publisher and year (in brackets) 3.Page number

Second and subsequent entries

25. Note number Stravinsky,Name of composer Rite of Spring,Shortened Title of Score (italicized) 4.page number(s)

Entry in Bibliography

Composer. Title of Score. Place of publication: Publisher, year.

For example - Bibliography

Stravinsky, I. Composer (surname, given name) Rite of Spring. Title of Score (italicized) London, England: Place of publication Hansen House,Publisher 1975.Year of publication

Style Notes

Published musical scores are treated in the same way as books.
Specify the edition if it is not the first edition.
In the bibliography (but not the footnotes), invert the name of the composer (i.e. surname, given name).
Page numbers are not given in the bibliography entry.
Use the shortened form for second and subsequent footnotes.

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