Online music score


You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)


Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

31. Composer, Title of Work, ed. Editor name (Place of publication: Publisher, Year), URL/DOI/Database name.

Footnote examples

First entry:

31. Modest Mussorgsky, "Reverie," in Complete Collected Works, ed. Pavel Lamm (Moscow: Muzgiz, 1939), https://imslp.org/wiki/Reverie_(Mussorgsky%2C_Modest).

OR

44. Heather Frasch, Collage (Paris: BabelScores, 2011), BabelScores Contemporary Music Online.

Second and subsequent entries:

45. Mussorgsky, "Reverie."

OR

55. Frasch, Collage.

Format for bibliography

Elements, punctuation & capitalisation

Composer (Surname, First name). Title of Work. Edited by Editor. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. URL/DOI/Database name.

Bibliography entry examples

Mussorgsky, Modest. "Reverie" in Complete Collected Works. Edited by Pavel Lamm. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1939. https://imslp.org/wiki/Reverie_(Mussorgsky%2C_Modest).

OR

Frasch, Heather. Collage. Paris: BabelScores, 2011. BabelScores Contemporary Music Online.

Style notes for this reference type

  • Online music scores are treated in the same way as electronic books. The URL/DOI should be the last part of the full citation. See Manual 14.159, 14.160 and 14.161.
  • Many musical works are known by their generic names, such as 'Symphony no. 1' or 'Sonata in A major', while some have descriptive or popular names (such as 'Eroica' or Danse Macabre). See Manual 8.194, 8.195 and Turabian 22.3.2 for guidance on whether titles should be italicised, in quotation marks or neither.
  • Sometimes a suitable URL is not available, or is only for subscribers of the database. In these cases it is appropriate to just include the database name (i.e. BabelScores) (Manual 14.161).
  • Include an editor's name wherever possible. This helps identify particular versions of a work.
  • Editor's name(s) should be followed with the abbreviation ed. (or eds.). Use the same format where there is a translator or compiler instead of an editor.
  • Any facts relevant to identifying the item should be included. It is not appropriate to just include the URL.
  • DOI stands for 'digital object identifier' and provides a permanent and stable link to a resource. Use this in place of a URL where it exists.
  • If no date can be determined from the source, include the date the material was last accessed.


Explore resources to help with reference management and enable you to effectively integrate and cite sources into your writing and assessment tasks.


View Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Access all referencing FAQs Access further help