Research Guides: Music : Find Audio

CDs, LPs and Tapes

Sprague Library has thousands of sound recordings on compact discs, 33 1/3 rpm discs (vinyl) and cassette tape. They can be found by searching the Sprague Library catalog. They may be checked out for use within the Library or at home.

Below is just a taste of what is available:

Feather on the breath of God by Hildegard, Saint
Call Number: Compact Discs no.1087
Gothic Voices ; Christopher Page, conductor.
Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525. by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Call Number: COMPACT DISCS NO.5160
Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Fischer-Dieskau sings Wagner by Wagner, Richard
Call Number: Record no.2381
CONTENTS: Der fliegende Holländer. Die Frist ist um.--Parsifal. Nein! Lasst ihn unenthüllt!--Parsifal. Ja, Wehe! Wehe!--Die Walküre. Wotan's Farewell.

Sound Recordings (Online)

Naxos Music Library
Search & listen to all types of music in this comprehensive collection which includes Classical, Jazz, World, Folk, and Chinese music.

Free Music Download Sites

Sibley Music Library (U of Rochester): Musical Scores
The University of Rochester's Sibley Music Library is engaged in an NEH project to digitize its public-domain music scores.
National Jukebox LOC.gov
The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.

Naxos Music App for the iPhone

The Naxos Music Library iPhone app was designed with institutional users in mind, so a subscription through a university or library such as MSU's Harry A. Sprague works. It just works little differently on an iPhone than on a computer.

For more information and a neat video that shows how to use this app visit:

http://naxosmusiclibrary.blogspot.com/2010/09/calling-all-app-users.html