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Citing Music Materials According to Chicago: Online Multimedia

This guide provides examples of how to cite various music materials according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.

Citing a YouTube Video:

Footnote:

1. "John Cage - Water Walk," YouTube video, 9:22, from the game show "I've Got a Secret" televised by CBS in January, 1960, posted by "holotone," May 4, 2007, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSulycqZH-U.

Bibliography:

"John Cage - Water Walk." YouTube video, 9:22. From the game show "I've Got a Secret," televised by CBS in January, 1960. Posted by "holotone." May 4, 2007. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSulycqZH-U.

Citing a Track from the Naxos Music Library:

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Scene 2, "The Dressing Ritual - Wife for a Hat."

Footnote:

1. Michael Nyman, "The Dressing Ritual - Wife for a Hat," The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Nashville Opera, conducted by Dean Williamson, Naxos 8.660398, p2016, recorded May 23-25, 2014, Naxos Music Library, http://vanderbilt.naxosmusiclibrary.com/stream.asp?s=83928%2Fvunmlpaid10%2Fpp4402%5F007.

Bibliography:

Nyman, Michael. "The Dressing Ritual - Wife for a Hat," from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, track 6. Nasvhille Opera. Dean Willliamson, conductor. Naxos 8.660398. p2016. Recorded May 23-25, 2014. Naxos Music Library. http://vanderbilt.naxosmusiclibrary.com/stream.asp?s=83928%2Fvunmlpaid10%2Fpp4402%5F007.