APA Reference Style Examples in Music

The references in this document use italics (italics) to delineate the underlines which are contained in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. That is, everywhere you see items in italics, they would have underlines in the Publication Manual.

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  • Books
  • Book--Corporate
  • Book--Editions
  • Computer Program
  • Dissertations
  • Edition Article
  • Interviews
  • Journals
  • Masters Thesis
  • Newspapers
  • Recordings
    •

    Books

    Asmus, E. P. (1993). A drum by any other name is just round.  Chetopa, KS: 
     Catfish Capitol of the World Press.

Ely, M. (1993). A saxophone does not make a good tennis racket.  London:
     The Full Court Press.
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    Book--Corporate

    Music Educators National Conference. (1986). The school music program:
     Description and standards (2nd ed.). Reston, VA: Author.
    Note. This is an example of a corporate author and a multiple edition.
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    Book--Editions

    Asmus, E. P. (1993). A drum by any other name is just round (3rd ed.). 
     Chetopa, KS: Catfish Capitol of the World Press.

Ely, M. (1993). A saxophone does not make a good tennis racket (2nd ed.). 
     London:  The Full Court Press.
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    Computer Program

    Asmus, E. P. (1993). A courseware stack for Introduction to Music 
     Education [Computer program].  Salt Lake City: University of Utah.
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    Dissertations

    Obtained On Microfilm

    Kavanaugh, J. M. (1982). The development of vocal concepts in children: 
     The methodologies recommended in designated elementary music 
     series. Dissertation Abstracts International, 42, 2270A.  (University 
     Microfilms No. 82-28,050)

    Obtained From University

    Fechter, J. V. (1972). The effects of noise on human learning. Dissertation 
     Abstracts International, 33, 2833-B.
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    Edition Article

    Swan, H. (1973). The development of a choral instrument.  In H. A. Decker, 
     &  J. Herford (Eds.), Choral conducting: A symposium. Englewood Cliffs, 
     NJ:  Prentice-Hall.
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    Interviews

    Grimes, E. (1986). Conversations with American composers [Interview with 
     John Cage]. Music Educators Journal, 73(3), 47-49, 58-59
    Note. The interview has a title in the case above. If there is no title, this would be eliminated. This interview also has two sets of continuous pages.
    McDonnough, C. (1993, March 1). [Unpublished interview with Mark Ely, 
     assistant professor].  Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah.
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    Journals

    New Issue Starts On Page 1

    Asmus, E. P. (1993). A great little article. Music Was, 15(2), 12-16.

    Continuously Paginated Journal

    Ely, M. (1993). A reed is not just a reed. Saxophone Journal, 5, 485-502.
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    Masters Thesis

    Forsythe, J. L. (1967). A study of vocal pitch acuity in the performance of 
     musical intervals. Unpublished master's thesis.  Florida State University, 
     Tallahasee, FL.
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    Newspapers

    Dr. W. van de Wall, musician, is dead.  (1953, August 29). The New York
     Times, p. 17.

    Citation in text:

         (Dr. W. van de Wall, 1953)
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    Recordings

    Fennell, F. (Conductor). (1984). Stars & stripes: Marches, fanfares & wind
     band  spectaculars (CD Recording No. 80099).  Cleveland, OH: Telarc.

Kjos. (Publisher). (1987). Sounds of '87: New concert band music from Kjos 
     (Cassette Recording No. NN8702B). San Diego, CA: Neil A. Kjos.
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    Prepared By:

    Ed.Asmus@miami.utah.edu