American history explored through music with songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Topics covered include Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests, with a wide range of genres represented including country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, shape note singing, doo-wop, Motown, R&B, soul, and funk.
American history explored through music with songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Topics covered include Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests, with a wide range of genres represented including country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, shape note singing, doo-wop, Motown, R&B, soul, and funk.
This growing body of recordings currently offers selected recordings of music, the spoken word, and human and natural environments. It is an audio resource for UK higher and further education. Currently, recordings are available of Beethoven string quartets over 100 years, oral histories of jazz in the UK, information about records and record players, African recordings and soundscapes (see menu to left). Downloading is available in licensed institutions (including the University of York).
This website contains over 28,000 recordings from the British Library Sound Archive. Recordings can be browsed by collection and a keyword search is also available. Recordings can be downloaded and used for the purposes of teaching, learning and research.
A repository of over 2,000 digitised 78rpm recordings by British and Irish artists between 1900 and 1950, alongside information about the history of recording.
A repository of over 2,000 digitised 78rpm recordings by British and Irish artists between 1900 and 1950, alongside information about the history of recording.
Streaming video of classical music performances including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with video of master classes and interviews with leading musicians from around the world and documentaries profiling classical artists and their work.
Streaming video of classical music performances including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with video of master classes and interviews with leading musicians from around the world and documentaries profiling classical artists and their work.
Thousands of recordings are available through this website, run by Alexander Street Press. The wide-ranging labels include EMI, Gaudeamus, Hyperion, Nimbus, Vox and many others (select 'Labels' to see a complete list), as well as archival recordings of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. As access is limited by user numbers, please remember to logoff when you are finished.
Classical Music Library is a database of streamed recordings with more than 50,000 tracks from over 30 labels. The repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
Gives access to archives of Independent Local Radio from 1973 to 1996 including the: Independent Local Radio Programme Sharing Database; London Broadcasting Company/Independent Radio News Archive; Independent Local Radio Central Southern Archive; Radio Research Database. To access recordings select 'sign-in' then log in with your usual University of York user name and password.
Gives access to archives of Independent Local Radio from 1973 to 1996 including the: Independent Local Radio Programme Sharing Database; London Broadcasting Company/Independent Radio News Archive; Independent Local Radio Central Southern Archive.
Presents music from all continents and regions of the world including important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
Presents music from all continents and regions of the world including important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
Productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles.
Productions and documentaries by influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles.
The recordings in Naxos Music Library include the complete catalogues of BIS, Chandos, CPO, Hänssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Naxos and selected titles of other leading independent labels, with more labels being added from time to time. Please remember to logoff when you are finished as there is a limit on the number of users at any one time.
Gives access to a large number of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. The operas chosen are intended to represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.
Gives access to some of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the worlds best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a works importance to the operatic canon.
Streaming audio presenting an encyclopaedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The database includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. A wide variety of musical forms are represented from across the world including music recorded around the African continent for the International Library of African Music and material collected by recordists on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology.
Streaming audio presenting an encyclopaedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The database includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. A wide variety of musical forms are represented from across the world including music recorded around the African continent for the International Library of African Music and material collected by recordists on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology.
