How Do I
Streaming Music & Spoken Word
These require a perpetual connection to the Internet as the music is streamed and not downloaded as a file that you can copy to your computer or portable device. They require a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card for remote access.
Streaming Music
| African American Song | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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African American Song is now a part of American Song! To listen to historical recordings of African American music, visit American Song or Music Online Plus.
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| American Song | Library Access |
Remote access
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This site contains over 12,000 tracks (with more added regularly) that illustrate our country’s history through music. Songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children and many others are included. Of particular interest is the index by historical event.
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| Classical Music Online | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to classical music online
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| Contemporary World Music | Library Access |
Remote access
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A new addition, this site aims to be one that “delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent.” Currently this constantly growing site features over 8,000 tracks of music from around the world.
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DRAM Online
Digital Recordings of American Music |
Library Access
CLP-Main Only | NO Remote Access | ||
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A scholarly resource of recordings, including liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings (CRI) and other labels such as Albany, Frog Peak, Mode, and XI.
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| Music Online Plus | Library Access |
Remote access
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Explore all of our Alexander Street Press music databases via the Music Online Plus interface. This portal lets you search and use materials from American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound without having to jump from database to database.
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| Naxos Music Library | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to classical, jazz and world music online.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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| Naxos Music Library Jazz | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to streaming audio of jazz music.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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| Smithsonian Global Sound | Library Access |
Remote access
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Listen to world, folk and traditional music online.
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Streaming Spoken Word from Naxos
| Naxos Spoken Word Library | Library Access |
Remote Access
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Listen to streaming audio of adult and children's classic fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry. This requires an ongoing connection to the Internet.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
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