Music
A & V in the Library
Find audio and video in the library using Library Search (search box below).
Hints:
- Type keywords in the box to the left, click on "Search."
- Once you have completed a search, you can try an Advanced Search from the results screen and combine several terms to find recordings on specific topics.
- To limit Library Search to only recordings, books, and other items owned by the WMU Libraries, click on the "Books and Media" tab.
- Composers, editors and performers should be searched as authors.
- For works without unique titles (symphonies, string quartets, etc.), it is best to combine terms in an advanced search.
- It often helps to include an opus or other number (such as BWV number for Bach).
- Search song titles as phrases, using quotation marks.
- Use categories on the left of the results screen to narrow your results.
Library Search
WMU Concerts
The library has recordings of School of Music ensemble concerts from the 1970s to now. Find them using the library catalog. For best results, search ensemble names (University Chorale, University Concert Band, Gold Company, etc.) as authors.
These recordings are archival and are available for library use only.
- Performances from the WMU School of MusicOver 500 recordings from the WMU School of music prior to the 2000-01 academic year. Access is restricted to on-campus users.
Streaming Audio
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowAccess almost 700,000 tracks from over 47,000 CDs from 300 labels, including the entire Naxos catalog. Includes classical, world, folk, and new age. Features text resources such as music terms, a pronunciation guide, opera synopses and libretti, historical notes, and more.
- National JukeboxHistorical sound recordings available free from the Library of Congress.
- Recorded Sound Reference CenterFrom the Library of Congress - including its Recorded Sound Division with online recordings and research tools.
Streaming Video
- Music Online: Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
One hundred fifty-plus videos of complete opera performances, interviews, and documentaries, from the Baroque to the 20th Century. Create playlists, make and save clips, etc.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 20,000 streaming videos which allow searching for specific video segments, organize videos into folders, create personal playlists for your students to view, and even create customized bookmarks within any program. Includes videos from the Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, and Health & Medicine collections.
- Dance Online: Dance in Video This link opens in a new windowVideo streaming of over 1,100 dance productions and documentaries. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Make your own playlists and save clips.