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American Music This link opens in a new window
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68,000 tracks of historical recordings of jazz, blues, gospel and other genres, 1890's-1970's.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Contemporary World Music This link opens in a new window
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Tracks from current pop and traditional labels around the world.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
DRAM This link opens in a new window
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Streaming music from several independent record labels.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 129,810 CDs with more than 1,985,900 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
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Five thousand tracks of recorded jazz music, with notes.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
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Music from America and elsewhere on the Folkways label. Listen for free and download for a fee. Playlist option available.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
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Music from America and elsewhere on the Folkways label. Listen for free and download for a fee. Playlist option available.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.