Subject Guide » Music: General
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African American Song More than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Documents the history of African American music. Contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others.
American Song Contains 50,000 tracks, including songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Also includes Civil Rights songs, songs of political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.
Classical Music Library Listen to recordings from over 30 classical music labels, including Arabesque, Bridge, EMI, Hanssler, Hyperion, and Newport Classic. Browse or search by composer, title, artist, label, genre, etc., and create your own playlists. Reference section includes composer biographies, a dictionary of terms, and other features.
Contemporary World Music Explore music from all regions and from every continent: reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Arab swing, African film, Bollywood, Indian classical, flamenco, klezmer, gospel, gagaku, and more. Current release has about 6,000 tracks; a total of 50,000 is planned.
Naxos Music Library Offers access to the entire Naxos catalog of recordings as well as tracks from more than 30 other labels. Includes classical, contemporary jazz, world, folk, new age, and Chinese music. Features text resources such as music terms, a pronunciation guide, opera synopses and libretti, historical notes, and more.
Smithsonian Global Sound More than 35,000 tracks of music and other sound, including American folk and blues idioms, American Indian, world music, jazz, children's songs, historical spoken word, and many natural and human-made sounds. Browse the collections, search for specific recordings, create playlists.
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