Music Online
In addition to the musical scores and recordings housed at the music library, library annex, and Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell library users have access to databases of digitized scores and streaming audio and video recordings. See our Streaming Video page for access to streaming feature films and documentaries in various disciplines. See the databases listed on this page for access to music-specific content.
Digitized Scores
- Music & Performing Arts (Alexander Street)Cross-searches audio, video, scores, and full-text reference content from all Alexander Street Press music databases.
- IMSLPCommunity-built digital score library including many scores that are in the public domain
- Sibley Music Library Musical ScoresDigital library of scanned scores and books that are in the public domain
Streaming Audio and Video
- Music & Performing Arts (Alexander Street)Cross-searches audio, video, scores, and full-text reference content from all Alexander Street Press music databases.
- Naxos Music LibraryStreaming audio of classical music from Naxos and other labels.
- Naxos Music Library. Jazz.Streaming audio of jazz from Naxos and other labels.
- Naxos Video LibraryStreaming video of classical music performances.
- Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)Streaming audio from New World Records and other labels.
- Met Opera on DemandMet Opera on Demand delivers instant access to past performances of the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series, as well as classic video and audio performances, including radio broadcasts dating back to 1936.
- medici.tvSince its official launch in May 2008, www.medici.tv has gained international recognition, bringing together a community of music and arts lovers. Building on the success of webcasts from the Verbier Festival in 2007, www.medici.tv has since offered high-definition webcasts from many other leading festivals, including Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Denis, Aspen, Glyndebourne, and Lucerne, as well as from such music venues as the Opera National de Paris, Auditorium du Louvre, Cite de la Musique, and Salle Pleyel in Paris, and Milan's famed La Scala. Many operas and concerts performed by the world's top-flight artists and orchestras have been webcast both as live events and later as video-on-demand (VOD).
- Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert HallThe Digital Concert Hall is the virtual concert venue of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Here you can experience the orchestra performing live at the Philharmonie in Berlin in more than 30 broadcasts every year. Just a few days after each broadcast, a recording of the concert is then available to watch in the archive. Also includes music-related documentaries and interviews.
Instructions: Choose "Direct Access" to use on or off campus. Optionally, create a free personal account.