MLA citation format for music research
Here are some examples from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition, for you to follow.
A Sound Recording:
- A performing group:
Kronos Quartet. Nuevo. Nonesuch, 2002.
- A single performer:
Marsalis, Branford. Creation. Orpheus Chamber Orch. Sony, 2001.
- A specific song:
Bono, Brian Eno, the Edge, and Luciano Pavarotti. "Miss Sarajevo." Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Bosnia. London, 1996.
A Film or Video Recording:
Like Water for Chocolate [Como agua para chocolate]. Screenplay by Laura Esquivel. Dir. Alfonso Arau. Perf. Lumi Cavazos, Marco Lombardi, and Regina Torne. Miramax, 1993.
Cite a videocassette or a DVD like a film, but include the original release date (if relevant) and the medium, neither underlined nor enclosed in quotation marks, before the name of the distributor:
Mifune, Toshiro, perf. Rashomon. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. 1950. Videocassette. Home Vision, 2001.
A musical composition:
Berlioz, Hector. Symphonie fantastique, op. 14.