MUS4200: Seminar in Music Literature

Seminar in Music Literature

Audio, Video, and Streaming Sources

You have access to an incredibly rich collection of recordings through the library system that include music from the last 100+ years. Here are some of the most useful resources!

Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall This link opens in a new window
Features live concerts in high definition along with hundreds of full-length archival recordings, performances, interviews, and documentaries.

Media Commons
Media Commons, located on the 3rd floor of Robarts library, holds more than 15,000 titles including DVDs, videos, 16mm films, audiocassettes and various other formats, including a lot of opera titles.

Medici.tv This link opens in a new window
Medici.tv's library features over 1,800 programs (3,000 original works), including:
concerts and archived historical concerts
operas
ballets
documentaries, artist portraits and education programs
master classes
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
The Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world's largest online classical music library and includes extensive 20th- and 21st-century recordings. Use Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 128,950 CDs with more than 1,972,600 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month. Many of the titles are accessible directly from the library catalogue, but search the NML directly to see the newest additions.
Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains hundreds of hours of opera performances, interviews, and documentaries.
Qwest.tv This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
"Ethnographic Sound Archives Online brings together previously unpublished historic field recordings from around the world, alongside their supporting field notes and ethnographers’ metadata, opening new paths for the study of music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)
Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
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)

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