Music Online: Listening Collection is the most comprehensive and highest quality streaming audio collection to support the teaching and research of music. It provides academic institutions access to more than 18 million tracks, with ongoing yearly growth as new recordings are added. Coverage spans the key musical genres, including classical, jazz, world, American, popular, and historic recordings, giving libraries broad and deep audio content for listening, analysis, and study.
The collection includes music from 169 countries and more than 1,000 cultural groups, alongside unique, rare, and exclusive recordings from leading labels and archives. Drawing on content from hundreds of producers and distributors worldwide, it supports music scholarship while also serving research and teaching in anthropology, area studies, history, and related disciplines.
Key Benefits
Breadth And Depth Across Key Genres
Supports teaching and research with coverage across classical, jazz, world, American, popular, and historic recordings, from medieval works to contemporary music.
Global Scope For Interdisciplinary Study
Includes music from 169 countries and more than 1,000 cultural groups, supporting research in music as well as anthropology, area studies, history, and cultural studies.
Unique And Exclusive Recordings
Brings together valuable recordings from major labels and archives, including EMI, Universal, and Smithsonian Folkways, to support effective teaching and research.
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Included Content / Coverage
More than 18 million streaming audio tracks, classical, jazz, world, American, popular, and historic recordings, music from 169 countries and more than 1,000 cultural groups, unique, rare, and exclusive recordings from major labels and archives, content from hundreds of producers and distributors worldwide.
Key Themes Include
Classical music, jazz, world music, American music, popular music, historic recordings.
Fast Facts
Content Format
Audio
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Highlighted Subjects
Music
Ethnomusicology
Music history
Performance studies
Anthropology
Area studies
Cultural studies
Type of Content
Streaming audio recordings
Platform
Access on the Alexander Street video platform
Territorial Rights
Worldwide with regional restrictions
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