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Performing Arts Guide

Subject Guide for Performing Arts

Streaming Music

Internet Archive Audio
Browse or keyword search to download or listen to audio.
Recorded Sound Research Center
Search online collections of recorded sound, from the Library of Congress.
Free Music Archive
Free Music Archive and Tribe of Noise are known for free to download music licensed under Creative Commons.

The Free Library of Philadelphia has lots of streaming music databases, including the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries. See info on getting a library card.

Key Resources

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Find essays from Grove Music Online and other Oxford reference music sources.
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Read abstracts and full-text articles on all aspects of music and the industry.

MusOpen
Find recordings, sheet music and textbooks, without copyright restrictions.
Performance Practice Review
Read this peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to the study of Western musical performance practices.
International Music Score Library Project
Find public domain works, scores, recordings, and more.

Sheet Music

The Sheet Music Project
Find public domain sheet music, from Project Gutenberg.
Sheet Music Consortium
Browse an open collection of digitized sheet music.
Scorser
Download free sheet music and scores.
Historic American Sheet Music
From Duke University, find American sheet music from 1850-1920.
Music for the Nation
From the Library of Congress, find American sheet music from 1870-1885.