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Posted by Elizabeth on February 7, 2009 in Classical Music with 2 Comments


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It’s not really “citing” per se; I’m writing a paper on the Mozart Effect (my paper is about how it doesn’t exist), and I want to know what I have to do when I write “Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major.” Do I put “Sonata for Two…” in quotes, or italicize it, or what?

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  1. February 10, 2009 - 3:35 pm
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    Put the entire title in quotes.

    Here’s a quick tip that will help:
    Short works, poems, magazine articles, etc. go in quotes.
    Long works, books, CD titles, etc. are italicized.

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    February 10, 2009 - 4:09 pm
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    I assume that you are not asking about a bibliographic citation, but rather a reference to a composition in the text. Here is a little guide for Mozart:

    Use italics for titles of operas:

    Le Nozze di Figaro

    Use quotation marks for songs:

    “An die Freude”

    For sonatas, concerti, and symphonies, do not use italics or quotes, but include the K. number (from the Mozart catalog):

    Mozart’s Sonata in D Major for two pianos, K. 448

    The exception for this would be in the work has a nick name, such as Symphony in C Major, “Jupiter”

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