Streaming Audio at UK Libraries
- Classical Music Library Streaming classical music service that enables listening and learning on campus and home computers. Includes c. 15,000 recordings, along with program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings.
- DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music A scholarly resource of recordings, including CD quality audio, liner notes, and essays from New World, Composers Recordings, and other important labels. Includes the Experimental Intermedia Archive.
Other Streaming Resources at UK Libraries
- American Music A vast collection of music streaming files. American Music includes contemporary folk/roots/Americana music, early rock & roll, soul, funk, R&B, doo-wop, boogie-woogie, early Biograph recordings, blues, jazz, gospel, spirituals, disco, blues-rock, reggae, bluegrass, country, rockabilly, and honky-tonk.
- Naxos Music Library Jazz Streaming music site that includes c. 65,000 tracks of jazz from over 6,000 albums with over 12,000 jazz artists (as of Feb. 2012). The music is drawn Blue Notes Records, 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz and over 150 other labels. Select works by featured artist(s), disc / song title and catalogue number. New jazz releases are continually added. Please note: Limited to two simultaneous users
- Smithsonian Global Sound Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries is a virtual collection of the world's musical and aural traditions. Comprised of thousands tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds, this streaming encyclopedia provides listeners with a variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms.
Streaming Resources : UK Libraries: Audio : DRAM
Database of Recorded American Music or DRAM, is an audio streaming service with complete liner notes and essays. Focus is on American composers and features the following labels: New World Composers' Recordings (CRI; complete catalog), Albany Records, Cedille records, Deep Listening, Frog Peak Music, Mode Records, and others.
Streaming Resources : UK Libraries : Video & Audio : Met Opera on Demand
Met Opera on Demand includes more than 100 previously broadcast Live in HD performances, over 80 previously broadcast televisions performances, and over 450 radio broadcasts dating back to 1935.
Click here for a list of available performances and broadcasts.
Streaming Resources : UK Libraries : Audio : Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library includes all major genres from medieval to contemporary periods. Currently the site has over 75,000 albums with more than 1.2 million tracks.
ProQuest, the parent company of Classical Music Library, has created a Classical Music Library Guide that describes the database and gives tips on searching and how to create playlists.
- Classical Music LibraryClassical Music Library includes all major genres from medieval to contemporary period and includes program notes, composer biographies. Currently the site has over 75,000 1.2 million tracks.
Streaming Resources : UK Libraries : Other Video
You can also find opera performances and documentaries in streaming resources that are not limited to music or opera. Some of the below databases only have a handful of titles, but you might find just what you're looking for!
Films on Demand If you are working with younger children, check out their "Opera Easy" series.
kanopy The UK Libraries leases title by title. If you see a film you'd like to view, please send me a note Paula Hickner.
Streaming Resources : UK Libraries : Audio : Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library offers streaming access to more than 141,480 CDs with more than 2,190,800 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.
Naxos Music Library has over 700 opera libretti and synopses.