• audio database and listening service that documents the history of African American music
• collection includes jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs and narratives
• listen online to over 16,000 selections of great historical recordings from Document Records
• audio files can be downloaded
• many items include .pdf files of album covers with liner notes
• browse by artist, ensemble, genre, album title, instrument or label
• includes custom playlist capability

provides free online access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. Materials from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.

• audio database and listening service of classical music from over 30 prominent labels
• collection includes vocal, choral, chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental and opera
• listen online to over 50,000 selections from earliest times to the present
• audio files can be downloaded for a fee
• many items include .pdf files of album covers with liner notes
• browse by artist, ensemble, genre, composer, conductor, period, instrument or label
• includes custom playlist capability

contains performances, documentaries, and interviews in streaming online video format by the most influential performers & companies of the 20th c. Selections cover ballet, jazz, tap, as well as contemporary, experimental improvisational genres. Liner notes available in pdf.

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• audio database and listening service that provides audio, liner notes and essays from the diverse catalogue of recordings by New World Records
• collection includes folk to opera; Native American to jazz; 19th century classical to early rock; also musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond
• browse by composer, artist, ensemble, genre, instrument or label
• listen online to over 7500 selections through web streaming using QuickTime Player (6.5.2 or later)
• check HELP for troubleshooting about streaming, technical requirements, etc.

• audio database and listening service of classical music from the entire Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues
• collection includes classical, jazz, world, folk and Chinese
• listen online to over 165,000 selections
• includes documentation from original disc issues
• browse by artist, genre, composer, year of composition, period or instrument
• includes custom playlist capability

• audio database and listening service of jazz from the entire catalogues of Naxos and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz
• listen online to over 22,600 tracks from over 2,300 albums
• includes documentation from original disc issues
• browse by artist, album, or composition
• includes custom playlist capability

• audio database and listening service from various archives worldwide of folk and ethnic musics
• listen online to over 35,000 selections of the world's musical and aural traditions
• audio files can be downloaded
• many items include .pdf files of album covers with liner notes
• browse by artist, ensemble, genre, country, cultural group, language, album title, instrument or label
• includes custom playlist capability