Offers streaming access to more than 88,370 CDs with more than 1,287,700 tracks, standard and rare repertoire.
Naxos Jazz offers a wide selection of jazz music. Check out this source for your week 9 lecture and also if you are interested in writing about jazz music for your final essay.
Features live concerts in high definition along with hundreds of full-length archival recordings, performances, interviews, and documentaries.
Qwest.tv
Created by Quincy Jones, this database provides access to over 1,000 programs of music, while rightly compensating the artists and rights owners. "Documentaries, archives, and concerts from around the world highlight the beauty of our humanity and what makes our differences a strength to share. We want each kid and student to be able to freely explore their musical history by rediscovering their roots, both through jazz and beyond." (open letter from Quincy Jones)
"Ethnographic Sound Archives Online brings together previously unpublished historic field recordings from around the world, alongside their supporting field notes and ethnographers’ metadata, opening new paths for the study of music in its cultural context." (publisher's note)
Volumes 1 & 2
"Alexander Street is the most comprehensive resource for visual anthropology in the world, providing access to over 2,000 hours of film and always growing, from raw field footage to crafted ethnographies and documentaries." (publisher note)
Medici.tv features audio/visual streaming of live and archived performances. Don't just listen to the opera on your listening list, watch it!