Encyclopedia devoted to ethnomusicology and music research of all the world's peoples. Scholarly articles and audio recordings of music from every continent.
Music reference works, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, and songsheets covering genres, cultural groups, time periods, and geographic regions.
Covers history of the United States and Canada from pre-history to present. Most articles are peer-reviewed. Many articles are available in full text, but not all.
Scholarly journals, magazines, and books covering the history of the world from 1400 to the present (excluding the history of the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
Streaming music from around the world; breadth and depth in coverage of key musical genres: Classical, Jazz, World, American, and Pop.
Musical Genres covered:
* Classical: All major genres & time periods, from medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas, & the avant-garde.
* Jazz: All major genres including vocal jazz, bebop, acid jazz, big band, modern jazz.
* World: Music from 169 countries and more than 1,000 cultural groups
* American: Country, folk, jazz, bluegrass, Western, old time, American Indian, blues, gospel, R&B, & shape note singing.
* Popular: Wide range of popular music from around the world that is not available in our genre-specific collections.
Historic audio recordings and materials from field expeditions around the world, focused on the 1960s through the 1980s. Highlights the early study of ethnomusicology and music in its cultural context.
Academic streaming films and videos, including documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs, and more. Films from PBS and the BBC are included.
