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2. Referencing Guide: Music

The St Clare's College Referencing Guide follows the Harvard Referencing Style

Information regarding this guide

This page will provide you information on referencing and in-text referencing live performances in the following categories:

Music concert

Reference list/Bibliography

Surname, Initial(s) (of originator/composer) Year written, Title, Live performance, Name of performing artist, Date seen, location.

Examples:

Springsteen, B 1975, Born to run, Live performance, Bruce Springsteen, 15 June 2013, Wembley Stadium, London.

OR

Chopin, F 1830, Piano concerto no 2, Live performance, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 26 January 2013, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds.

In-text referencing

Springsteen (1975) demonstrated....

Song lyrics

Reference list/Bibliography

Lyricist Year of distribution, Title of song, publisher, viewed date, URL

Example:
Lennon, J. & McCartney, P 1963, Love me do, AZ Lyrics, viewed 15 May 2020,  https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/lovemedo.html

In-text referencing

Lennon and McCartney (1966) ...

Recorded song

Reference list/Bibliography

Surname, Initial (of originator/composer) Year, Title of song, Name of recording artist, Title of album, Medium (CD/itunes/etc), Label, Place of publication or viewed date, URL

Example:

Gallagher, N 1994, Live forever, Oasis, Definitely maybe, CD, Creation Records, London. 

OR

Sheeran, E 2017, Perfect, Deluxe, Spotify, accessed 12 May 2020, https://open.spotify.com/album/3T4tUhGYeRNVUGevb0wThu?highlight=spotify:track:0tgVpDi06FyKpA1z0VMD4v

In-text referencing

 Gallagher (1994) ...

Sheet music/musical score

Reference list/Bibliography

Surname, Initial (of originator/composer) Year of publication, Title, Medium, Publisher, Place of publication or viewed date, URL

Example:

Tchaikovsky P.I 1880, 1812 Overture, Musical Score, viewed 18 May 2020, https://musescore.com/user/5001011/scores/2620661

In-text referencing

Tchaikovsky (1880) ....