Guides: Primary Sources: Music and Theater

Databases

Archive of Folk Culture This link opens in a new window
The Library of Congress American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture; traditional culture from around the world.
Archives of Traditional Music This link opens in a new window
The Archives at Indiana University cover a wide range of cultural and geographical areas, and include commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, folktales, interviews, and oral history, as well as videotapes, photographs, and manuscripts.
British Library Sound Archive This link opens in a new window
Recordings of music in the western concert tradition, opera and liturgical music, and the pre-Baroque repertories of Western Europe. The collection includes commercial discs, tapes of BBC and other radio broadcasts, test pressings, and rare or unpublished recordings.
Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming access to over classical music recordings. Includes the Music Library Association listing of essential sound recordings.
Digital Mozart Edition This link opens in a new window
Musical text and the critical commentary of the entire Neue Mozart-Ausgabe.
Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
Video library of over productions, documentaries, workshops, interviews and analysis.
medici.tv This link opens in a new window
Education videos on classical music, opera, and dance, plus live event broadcasts.