Library Research Guides: Music: Find Online Music and Scores

Find Music Online

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Audio streaming service for Western art music from the middle ages to the present.
Naxos allows a limited number of simultaneous users. Please select [🡒 Log Out at the top left of the screen when you are finished.

Naxos Music Library Tutorial
A brief video showing how to find recordings in Naxos.

Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
Audio streaming service for jazz.
Naxos allows a limited number of simultaneous users. Please select [🡒 Log Out at the top left of the screen when you are finished.
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) This link opens in a new window
An audio streaming service for contemporary classical and experimental recordings, with a focus on American artists.

Smithsonian Global Sound
World music, "a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions," with over 40,000 tracks. Includes the option to create your own playlists. Available via the Boston Public Library; first-time users must register online with the BPL for an eCard, which is good for two years.
Hoopla
Movies, TV shows, music, eBooks, and comics for online streaming or download. Available from both the Wellesley Free Library or Boston Public Library. Wellesley students can sign up for an ecard from both libraries free of charge.
American Music
American Song includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more. Over 500,000 tracks, growing regularly. Includes the option to create your own playlists. Available via the Boston Public Library; first-time users must register online with the BPL for an eCard, which is good for two years.

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: the Public Domain Music Library
A virtual library of over 200,000 public domain scores. The great majority of scores are formatted for printing.
Choral Public Domain Library
Free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, and other useful information.

Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
A streaming service for opera performances, documentaries, and interviews.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Video streaming service for educational films and documentaries, focusing on history, music, and dance.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
A streaming video collection, including feature films and documentaries from PBS, BBC, Criterion, and more.
Please see this list of films Wellesley is currently licensing from Kanopy for title information.
Wellesley College students are also able to use Kanopy via the Wellesley Free Library in town. Students automatically have library cards there and are able to download six films a month. To activate your account, follow these instructions:
1. Call the Wellesley Free Library at 781-235-1610 ext. 1104 during their open hours.
2. Verify your name, Wellesley College mailing address, and college e-mail.
3. They will provide you with your card number and PIN.
4. Download and install the app, available for phones and tablets (you can also watch on a computer at wellesleylib.kanopy.com).
5. Input your card number and PIN.
Wellesley College staff and faculty also are able to use Kanopy via the Wellesley Free Library. If you are not already a patron there, you can get a temporary card online at wellesleyfreelibrary.org/library-card-application.