Music, Film and Performing Arts Librarian
Finding Music Recordings
Formats and even more formats! (Reel to Reel, 78s, 45s, LPs, audio cassettes, CDs, etc.)
Use the Classic Catalog and MODIFY SEARCH (Material Type: Music Recording OR Specific Sound Recording)
- Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert HallThe Digital Concert Hall is the virtual concert venue of the Berliner Philharmoniker on the internet. Here you can experience the orchestra performing live at the Philharmonie in Berlin in around 40 broadcasts every year. A few days after each broadcast, a recording of the concert is available to watch in the archive. Includes music-related documentaries and interviews. Users will need to create an account or to sign up with an existing one in order to watch the concerts.
- Historical Japanese Recordings Collection provided by National Diet Library.6,000 recordings available online; 50,000 recordings available in the East Asian Library.
- Naxos Music LibraryOnline classical music. Contains the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues of over 170,000 tracks, including classical music, historical recordings, jazz, world, folk and Chinese music. Includes notes and biographical information on composers or artists.
Finding Scores
Use the Classic Catalog and MODIFY SEARCH (Material Type: Music Score)
Uniform titles and catalog numbers (Western classical music) can help identify iterations of the same work.
Free public domain scores (and recordings) on the net
Sheet Music Consortium (250,000+ pieces – 27,205 pieces Gaylord)
HathiTrust (60,963 – 10,740 full view)
Internet Archive ?? (6,549 from Gaylord)