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Welcome! Use this guide to find online sources for audio recordings and discographies.
VPN connection required off-campus.
See also the Schulich School of Music YouTube channel for selected video recording performances.
Access the older Naxos interface (Click "Remain on the old version")
Naxos Music Library App: Available for Apple or Android mobile devices. You must create a personal account prior to using the app.
Creating Naxos Music Library playlists: PDF guide with screenshots; video tutorial. Instructors can use this guide for creating course-specific Naxos playlists. Please contact the Music Library staff for login credentials. Further information can be found on the Naxos website.
Troubleshooting: Note that clearing your browser cache often resolves issues related to playing selections on Naxos.
Access the older Naxos Jazz interface (Click "Remain on the old version")
Access streaming audio of recordings from the Naxos Jazz catalogue, covering over 150 labels. Includes notes on the works and biographical information on composers or artists.
Creating Naxos Music Library Jazz playlists: PDF guide with screenshots; video tutorial. Instructors can use this guide for creating course-specific Naxos playlists. Please contact the Music Library staff for login credentials. Further information can be found on the Naxos website. Clearing your browser cache often resolves issues related to playing selections on Naxos.
Get the Naxos Music Library App for Apple or Android mobile devices. You must create a personal account prior to using the app.
McGill users can download up to five tracks a week. Freegal provides access to jazz, classical, and popular recordings from more than 50 record labels in the Sony Music Entertainment catalogue. The tracks are in MP3 format, and can be transferred to a computer or mobile device.
Streaming access to over 3,700 albums from 30 independent labels including New World Records, Composers Recordings (CRI), and Albany Records.
While the recordings run the gamut of American composition from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond, DRAM's strength is its avant-garde music collection.
The Virtual Gramophone database contains information and images for more than 15,000 78-rpm and cylinder recordings released in Canada, as well as foreign recordings featuring Canadian artists and/or compositions. Selected recordings in the Library and Archives Canada collection of 78s, chosen for their Canadian content, were digitally reproduced for this site.
eBooks, Audiobooks, Streaming Video
The Jazz Discography Online is a source of information about jazz records and jazz recording sessions. Sessions are listed by bandleader name and presented in chronological order. Details include tune titles as well as the names of all supporting musicians and the instrument(s) they played. The date, matrix and record company release numbers of each recording are also included. The Jazz Discography Online encompasses all genres of jazz and contains information about 400,000+ recordings released between 1896 and today.
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