Guides: Find Audio Recordings: Start Here

What are audio recordings?

Physical or digital record of sound that can then be played back, or reproduced.

To find songs and albums by a Band or Performer, search by Author (lastname, firstname).
Don't forget to Cite Your Sources. Audio recordings need to be cited too.
If you have a phrase you want to keep together, use quotation marks. Example: "folk singing"

Naxos Music Library
World´s largest online classical music library.

Dates of Coverage: Circa 1150 - Current (updated monthly)
Classical Music Library
Contains tens of thousands of licensed recordings that are cross-referenced with program notes, composer biographies, glossary terms, and historical context.

Subject Matter Timeframe: Medieval - Modern
Dates of Coverage: 500 A.D. - Current
Jazz Music Library
Streaming jazz music, searchable by song or album title, instrument, performers, and genres. Covers major and secondary artists, ensembles, labels, and genres, ranging from historical recordings to contemporary.

Dates of Coverage: 20th and 21st Centuries
Naxos Music Library Jazz
Offers streaming access to over 100,000 jazz music tracks. Download the app from the website to play music on your phone.

Dates of Coverage: 1900s - Current

Poetry Archive
Recordings of poets reading their own works.
British Library Sounds
Includes music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds.

Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
An encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. Includes over 35,000 tracks of world music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds.

Dates of Coverage: Varies