MUS 200: Music Appreciation

Access to streaming music consisting of over 4,175 albums, equalling 64,500 classical music recordings from over 32 labels. Includes the Music Library Association listing of essential sound recordings, recordings of music written from the earliest times (e.g., Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Includes program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings plus links to Grove Music Online.

Access to over 647,320 tracks of music from the Naxos and other independent music labels; includes background information such as complete linear notes.

The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives. Currently, the Jukebox includes more than 10,000 recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925.

Spotify is a streaming services focused on popular music. You can access virtually any song, album, and artist, including classical composers. Spotify can be accessed on most connected devices, and is free with advertisements. An ad-free experience costs $9.99 a month, though currently enrolled students are eligible for a discount of $4.99 a month.

The Judaica Sound Archives is a major center for the collection, preservation and digitization of Judaica audio recordings.

Pandora is an Internet radio site based on the Music Genome Project, an analysis-based taxonomy of music information. Users can create up to 100 unique "stations" based on genres, songs, or particular artists.

A collection of 78rpm records and cylinder recordings released in the early 20th century. These recordings were contributed to the Archive by users through the Open Source Audio collection.

Free downloads of the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded by Dr. James Kibbie on original baroque organs in Germany, are offered on this site.