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Music Citation - Chicago/Turabian Style (adapted from IU)

Place of Publication

For Chicago 18th edition, Place of publication is no longer required in the citation. The examples given here have been updated (as of February 2025) to reflect this new standard.

Publisher's Name

Give the publisher's name as it appears on the title page, even if it is printed differently in some of your other sources.

  • San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • San Diego: Harcourt Brace and World

You may omit an initial The and abbreviations such as Inc., & Co., and Ltd.

Do not translate a foreign publisher's name

  • Geneva: Editions Papillon [NOT Butterfly Editions]