Music: Other Music Sources Online

Check out what the Library of Congress has to offer in their Digital Collections!

"This website provides links to substantial open-access projects of use to musicians and musicologists. With a burgeoning number of digital resources available, remembering titles of sites and pathways to them can be difficult. Digital Resources in Musicology (DRM) is organized topically and provides a rapid search tool for specialties within heterogeneous collections."

"The Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice will focus on equity in the jazz field and the role that jazz plays in the larger struggle for gender justice. The institute will celebrate the contributions women have made in the development of the art form as well as frame more equitable conditions for all pursuing careers in jazz in an effort to work toward a necessary and lasting cultural shift in the field."

An extensive database for research on J.S. Bach and the whole Bach family.

"Here you will find free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, and other useful information"

"Early Music Online is the result of a pilot project in which more than 300 volumes of 16th-century music from the British Library were digitised from microfilm."

A database of scores that are in the public domain.

The Paul Ashford Sheet Music Collection largely contains music from and about Washington State and the Pacific Northwest.

A collection of mostly 19th- and early 20th-century musical scores by women composers held at the University of Michigan Music Library.

"The Louisiana Sheet Music Collection is comprised of sheet music published in, or with topical relevance to, Louisiana (with an emphasis on New Orleans). "

This guide contains playlists, videos, and resources from Ralph Rosen's lecture series at the Stan Getz Library on assorted music genres. As this is at a different institution than Shoreline, you may not have access to all the materials, but it may give you ideas for what to search for in our library!

"The general graphics collection of the Hogan Jazz Archive contains approximately 6,000 images documenting people, places and events important to the study of New Orleans jazz."

Curated list of open- or royalty-free licensed music, images, and video for your media-related projects.

Links to public domain or creative commons licensed music.

List of online listening resources

"Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode is produced and edited by host and creator Hrishikesh Hirway in Los Angeles. Using the isolated, individual tracks from a recording, Hrishikesh asks artists to delve into the specific decisions that went into creating their work. Hrishikesh edits the interviews, removing his side of the conversation and condensing the story to be tightly focused on how the artists brought their songs to life. "

On each episode of Strong Songs, host Kirk Hamilton takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.

Afropop Worldwide is a Peabody award-winning radio program and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora. Hosted by one of Africa’s best-loved broadcast personalities, Georges Collinet, and produced by Sean Barlow, the radio show is currently distributed by PRI Public Radio International to over 100 stations in the U.S., as well as stations in Europe and Africa.

A collection of the greatest music stories never told.

Join Questlove as he hosts a weekly radio show that digs deep into the stories behind the names you know, and the names you might not. Explore past episodes or a mix of music handpicked by Questlove

Each episode, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino and a special guest create a new musical on the spot.

The Great Composers is an intimate look at the people who wrote some of the greatest music ever. Each episode features unique insights from CPR Classical host Karla Walker and conductor Scott O'Neil. Scott and Karla explore an important composer's human side — the struggles, aspirations and triumphs of some of history's most brilliant musicians.