LibGuides: Music: Websites

Streaming Audio

Music Online: American Music This link opens in a new window
American Song from Alexander Street provides a suite of online audio recordings to support the teaching of American musical traditions including country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B and shape note singing. Listening to the music of the American experience also brings an entirely new dimension to studies in history, music, literature, diversity, sociology, and related disciplines.
Music Online: Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Classical Music Library is an ever-growing database of classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. The collection includes recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more. Coverage includes music written from medieval times to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
Music Online: Contemporary World Music This link opens in a new window
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Streaming audio. Genres include contemporary reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres. Traditional music such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku is also featured.
Music Online: Jazz Music Library This link opens in a new window
Jazz from Alexander Street Press offers an extensive collection of online audio recordings to support the teaching and research of Jazz and related musical genres, including vocal jazz, bebop, acid jazz, big band music, modern jazz, and more.

Music & Performing Arts
Brings together all the Alexander Street Press audio, searchable from one interface. Includes African American Song, American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound.

Music Online: Popular Music Library This link opens in a new window
Popular Music from Alexander Street contains a wide range of popular music from around the world, including hundreds of thousands of tracks from major genres in pop music, including alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk, new age, R&B, reggae, rock, soundtracks and many more.
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries This link opens in a new window
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Streaming audio. Includes the recordings of the Folkways Records label, as well as other titles in the Smithsonian Folkways series, and much more.

Scores (Sheet music)

Music Online: Classical Scores Library This link opens in a new window
Part of Music Online, a service of Alexander Street Press. Over 45,000 scores in PDF format. Many scores include links to streaming audio at the Classical Music Library.

Petrucci Music Library : IMSLP International Music Score Library Project. Over 300,000 Public Domain (copyright-free) scores.
Scores in Print in Mason Library Musical scores in Mason Library are contained in the M classification (call numbers begin with M). Search for them in the library's catalog, Keene-Link. Scores check out to students for 6 weeks, and may be renewed.

Digital music-related Websites

ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
ASCAP is the U.S. Performing Rights Organization owned and run by songwriters, composers and music publishers.
BMI : Broadcast Music, Inc.
Collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it distributes as royalties to songwriters, composers & music publishers.
Copyright Alliance
Organization believes that copyright law promotes creativity and job creation and strengthens the U.S. economy. Those who create, render, and publish copyrighted works rely on the copyright law and its enforcement, for their creative and financial success. Without it, these creators would likely cease to exist, or at the very least, cease to produce these important works that are enjoyed by billions of people around the world.
IFPI : International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
Represents the recording industry worldwide with some 1400 members in 66 countries and affiliated industry associations in 45 countries. Key areas of the organisation's work are anti-piracy enforcement, lobbying of governments and representation in international organisations, legal strategies, litigation and public relations.
RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America
The trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect the intellectual property and First Amendment rights of artists and music labels; conduct consumer, industry and technical research; and monitor and review state and federal laws, regulations and policies.
SESAC
Performing rights organization designed to represent songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music performed in public.

Music Websites

Gramophone "The world's best classical music reviews".
The Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883. Known as the venue for the world’s greatest voices, the Met has been under the musical direction of James Levine since 1976. Maestro Levine is credited with having created one of opera’s finest orchestras and choruses.
Classic Rock Website of Classic Rock magazine, a British publication.
DownBeat "Jazz, Blues and Beyond". The website of the magazine; print issues are available in Mason Library.
NPR Music: Classical National Public Radio's website.

Special Resource for Vocalists

IPA Source Library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. Over 12,000 texts including 1500 aria texts.