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Audio packages by BU subscription
Music Online (all genres) BU-px
This large and eccletic package includes diverse contemporary genres as well as cross-searching the following:
African American Song BU-px
Traditions include blues, gospel, jazz, includes material not duplicated in Smithsonian Global Sound.American Song BU-px
Social, cultural and historical documentation of the U.S. through song: Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. African-American traditions in early blues, gospel and jazz is included, and which material is not included in the Smithsonian Global Sound.
Classical Music Library BU-px
Repertoire chiefly in the Western tradition; labels, performances are not duplicated by Naxos package.Jazz Music Library BU-px
over 5,000 albums streamed, chiefly vinyl classicsSmithsonian Global Sound BU-px
Ethnic and traditional music, international in scope; includes some spoken word, also documents some natural and mechanical (man-made) sound. Sort by language, region, genre, and more. Much of the online subscription also resides in CD form, with the notes, at the Music Library.
Naxos Music Library BU-px
Chiefly Western canon, some libretti; some Chinese, World, and international jazz, rock and pop. Always exit Naxos by its red log out button.
[poetry] LION : Literature Online BU-px
From the sidebar menu, select: Poets on Screen.
[spoken prose, poetry] included within the Music Online and Naxos packages, above. BU-px.
Open Access Audio/Video
American Rhetoric [spoken word resource] contains texts of notable speeches, prose, many with audio.
BUniverse [video] This is the media archive portion lectures, performances, interviews, etc., that were the subjects of feature stories in the online daily BU Today.
Internet Archive: a growing resource for media files contributed by institutions and individuals.
the "vintage" audio portion of these archives is 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings
Library of Congress, American Memory Project: digital documents of American culture and society, you may include the words audio or video in among your keyword search terms.
Library of Congress: National Jukebox. Launched May 2011, streams recordings from 1910-1929. All genres, including some spoken word.
Open Vault [produced by WGBH TV, Boston]
Selected video clips and interviews from 1968 to 1993, chielfy current cultural, social, scientific and political events in context of the American perspective. It is important to view their Terms and Conditions of use of this online material. If your research involves more in-depth consultation, clarification of use or access to WGBH's full Media Library and Archives, additional information and contacts are provided in their Access Policy.
Public TV [produced by Ten Alps Digital, London]
Open access to view videos from wide range of public, private and government sector organizations; excellent. It is important to consult their Terms & Conditions of use.
The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings: A multimedia website devoted to the early days of Canadian recorded sound. Selected recordings in the Library and Archives Canada collection of 78s, chosen for their Canadian content, were digitally reproduced for this site.
Digital Audio/Video Lending
Boston Public Library - Overdrive: A valid Boston Public Library lending card is required (available to all residents of Massachusetts). Audio books, music and video are available for checkout and download.
Free Downloads
Alexander Street Press provides the public at large weekly free downloads of classical music. These are excerpted from their full Classical Music Library which full subscription is available to current BU affiliates only.
MP3 Purchasing
Smithsonian/Folkways
Calabash Music (in association with National
Geographic World Music)
MP3.com
iTunes also includes increasing number of open access material, such as BU's iTunes University mateial
Napster
Musicmatch Jukebox
RealPlayer
AOL Music
Artist Direct
Fightsongs.com