Research Guides: MUS : Music: Streaming Media

Streaming Media

Academic Video Online (AVON) [Alexander Street]
Streaming video across all subject areas. Includes documentaries, and content from a variety of news sources, including PBS and BBC.
African American Song [Alexander Street] Now part of "American Song." Streaming audio for jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, narratives, sacred music, etc. Up to the 1970s.
American Song [Alexander Street] 1700s-1960 Streaming audio; songs by and about miners, native Americans, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers & cowboys. Genres include country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, blues, gospel & shape note singing. With liner notes.
BBC Shakespeare Plays Streaming video; BBC production of every Shakespeare play.
Classical Music in Video [Alexander Street] Streaming performances of all forms of classical music, including performances by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with master classes and interviews with master teachers from around the world.
Classical Music Library [Alexander Street]
Streaming audio; includes Arabesque, Bridge, CRD, EMI, Forlane, Hänssler, Hyperion, Mode, Newport Classic, Nimbus, Royal Philharmonic, Vox and other labels.
Contemporary World Music [Alexander Street] Streaming audio; emphasis on fusion, world beat, reggae, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing & jazz, etc. Includes Topic, Playasound, Budamusique, Air Mail , Manuiti, Crossing, Lyrichord, Navras, and INEDIT labels.
Dance in Video: Vol. 1 & 2 [Alexander Street] Streaming video of dance productions & documentaries by the most influential performers & companies of the 20th century in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental & improvisational dance.
DRAM DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) is a scholarly recordings collection of contemporary, experimental, avant-garde, improvisatory, and other non-commercial music. Includes access to audio, liner notes, and essays from independent record labels and sound archives, including New World, CRI, and other important labels devoted to modern and contemporary sound.
Ethnographic Sound Archives Online [Alexander Street] Historic audio recordings with supporting field materials, 1960's through the 1980's.
Ethnographic Video Online: Foundational Films [Alexander Street] Classic & contemporary documentaries, including previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists & ethnographers in the field; videos include accompanying field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, etc., when possible.
Ethnographic Video Online: Indigenous Voices [Alexander Street]
Classic & contemporary documentaries, including previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists & ethnographers in the field; videos include accompanying field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, etc., when possible.
Independent World Cinema: Classic and Contemporary Film [Alexander Street] Important films produced from the early 20th century to today, from Milestone Films, Zeitgeist Films & Oscilloscope.
Jazz Music Library [Alexander Street] Streaming audio, with access by performer, ensemble, genre, instrument, recording date, song title, etc. - from traditional to contemporary jazz.
Kanopy Streaming educational & feature films across all disciplines, with films from the BBC, California Newsreel, Criterion, PBS & many others. Create a free Kanopy account on campus, then connect to a Kanopy app and watch on your mobile device or smart TV. See Kanopy Help.
Medici TV Classical music video broadcasts of live concerts, programs (including operas and ballets), documentaries, and master classes in collaboration with the greatest orchestras and concert halls in the world.
Met Opera on Demand (Student Access) 450+ Metropolitan opera performances, including most of the Met Live in HD productions.
Music & Performing Arts [Alexander Street] Combines audio and video that spans all time periods, hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles to provide an unparalleled learning environment for the teaching of music.
National Jukebox (Library of Congress) 1901-1925 Historical recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company. Content will be increased regularly, with additional recordings and acoustically recorded titles made by other Sony-owned U.S. labels, including Columbia, OKeh, and others.
Naxos Music Library Streaming audio; Naxos, Albany, BIS, Bridge, Cedille, Celestial Harmonies, Chandos, Col Legno, Da Capo, Danacord, Delos, Gimell, Hänssler, Hungaraton, Music and Arts, Opera Rara, Vanguard Classics, Wergo, and many other labels.
Naxos Music Library-Jazz (Cancelled 9/1/24) Streaming audio; Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Blues, World, Pop and Rock including many labels. Browse by label, genre, artist, or composer.
Naxos Spoken Word Library (cancelled 9/1/24) Streaming audio for literature, poetry, abridged versions of classic texts and non-fiction.
Naxos Video Library Streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts & documentaries; watch the world's greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras & artists perform on demand.
OntheBoards.tv Growing collection of high-quality videos of full-length performances by some of today's most provocative artists working in dance, theater, music, and other forms that defy categorization.
Opera in Video [Alexander Street] Streaming video of major opera performances, including staged productions, interviews & documentaries. Represents the world's best performers, conductors & opera houses.
SingersBabel
Online tool for helping teachers & vocalists refine pronunciation and enhance comprehension of musical texts in a number of languages.
Smithsonian Global Sound [Alexander Street] Streaming audio of the world's musical and aural traditions; with recordings by the Smithsonian Folkways label & archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon, etc.
Swank Digital Campus The 1,000 most popular films on the Swank streaming platform; includes both feature & documentary films, from major Hollywood studios, plus independent, foreign and art producers.
Theatre in Video Vol. I [Alexander Street] Streaming video of definitive performances of the world's leading plays, and film documentaries. Users can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging.