Music

Broad coverage, multiple languages, abstract and citation only (no full text -- use the Find It! button). Indexes journals, dissertations, books, and chapters.

Relatively current coverage of opera, jazz, popular music, music education, theory, and musicology. Particularly strong coverage of jazz, performance, and music education titles. Scholarly and trade journals. Some full text and some citation.

(Mostly) full-text journal archive covering the arts and humanities, including around 90 music journals. Very recent content may not be available because of moving walls.

A small but mighty offering of full-text music journals - Opera Quarterly, American Music, Asian Music, Black Music Research Journal, Computer Music Research Journal, Latin American Music Review, and Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.

Digital archive of US and UK trade magazines, film fan magazines, and music press titles providing comprehensive information on specific films, plays, theaters, actors, directors, TV series, film studios, musicians, genres, record labels, subcultures and youth movements.

Compilation of music reference sources and includes full text articles, musician biographies, and music-related definitions. Includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Limited to eight simultaneous users.

Full text music biography database ranging from the medieval ages to the present.

Covering all genres of modern music, Contemporary Musicians profiles artists involved in rock, jazz, pop, rap, rhythm and blues, folk, New Age, country, gospel and reggae. 1989-present.

Searchable, curated collections of music scores and sheet music. Users are required to create a personal account either via the website or the nkoda mobile app. Choose the 'Login with your institution' option. It is recommended you use your ISU email address. Consult this FAQ for mobile device instructions.
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The library's most comprehensive streaming audio database. As of fall 2015, NML has nearly 113,000 albums and almost 1.7 million tracks of primarily classical music. Includes labels like Sony Classical, Albany, EMI, Harmonia Mundi, Naive, and Warner Classics. You can create your own playlists or use NML's free app on your mobile device -- just sign up for an account.

Streaming videos of the Met Opera on Demand with the Live in HD series dates back to the 1970s. Also includes radio broadcasts starting in 1935 and a synopsis of each performance in multiple languages.

Streaming video database of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra concerts (some live-streaming), artist interviews, and documentaries. Users are required to create a personal account by clicking on "Start Institutional Access" and filling out the required information. Limit of three simultaneous users.

Offers streaming audio access to almost 45,000 jazz- and blues-centric albums. Listen to Coltrane, Fitzgerald, Ellington, Getz, Armstrong, Basie, Holiday, and hundreds more.

Scholarly database of streamed recordings that focus on American composers, performers, and ensembles. DRAM features CD-quality audio, liner notes, and labels such as New World Records, Composers Recordings, and Cedille Records.

Streaming video database of concert orchestral, chamber music, and choral ensembles as well as solo performances. Some video recordings go back to the 1950s. Footage includes interviews with Copland, Reich, Cage, and others, performances by Ozawa, Solti, Bernstein. Great primary source for researching conductors and musicians. CMV also includes a fine series of masterclasses from the Masterclass Media Foundation. You can create your own playlists and edit video clips right in the browser.

Music streaming database of classical music. Search by title, instrument, performer, ensemble, time period, publisher, composer, and genre.

Music streaming database of world musical and aural traditions. Search by title, instrument, performer, ensemble, publisher, people, cultural groups, genre, and places. Developed in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Music streaming database includes genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more. Search by title, instrument, performer, ensemble, publisher, people, cultural groups, genre, and places.

Music streaming database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers and cowboys. Includes multiple genres, performers, ensembles, and historic events like the Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests and more.

Music streaming database includes major genres like alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk, new age, R&B, reggae, rock, soundtracks and many more. Search by title, instrument, performer, ensemble, publisher, people, and genre.

Audiovisual collection includes music from multiple genres, time periods, and areas of the world. Search by title, instrument, performer, ensemble, publisher, people, cultural groups, genre, and places.

Music database of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.

Find orchestral information by composer, title, type, instrumentation, vocal soloists, chorus, and youth/educational works.

Theses and dissertations covering multiple disciplines from over 1,000 accredited institutions. Some full text available.