Online Resources For Music Study

Ball State Libraries subscribes to an online streaming music service called Naxos Music Library.  (You may have to log in if you are off-campus)  The "Resources" Section includes opera librettos and other helpful material.  Type keywords in the main search box, or choose Advanced Search for more limited results:

The following sites stream audio recordings of classical music:

• The National Jukebox is a project of the Library of Congress.  Users can stream historical recordings from the Library of Congress's collection.  The jukebox's first recordings were from the Victor Talking Machine Company.
• Iowa Quartet / Stradivari Quartet : The faculty string quartet of the University of Iowa from 1960 to 1996.  Performances include some world premieres as well as standard string quartet repertoire.
• http://www.playlist.com is an ad-supported online streaming service that allows you to store up to 200 tracks in a personal playlist for free.  The main orientation is popular music.
• Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at University of California-Santa Barbara.
• Belfer Audio Archive at Syracuse University
• Live Music Archive in "lossless" compression formats (better than .mp3), mainly uploaded by popular and rock artists to share their music

Many Professional Performing Organizations have official YouTube channels:

Orchestras:

• Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Cleveland Orchestra
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Los Angeles Philharmonic
• New York Philharmonic
• Philadelphia Orchestra
• St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Other Channels of Interest

• The Kennedy Center
• Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
• Lincoln Center
• Decca Classics
• Andrea Bocelli
• Prague Cello Quartet