Library: Music History: Websites

Local Music Scene

Founded in 1951, the Columbus Symphony is Central Ohio’s oldest professional orchestra.

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is America’s oldest not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to producing, performing and promoting jazz. The Jazz Arts Group (JAG) divides its resources among two areas: performance and education.

Jazz Music

Call Number: 781.65

From the Web

Library of Congress, National Jukebox
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.
Library of Congress, Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress.
Music Timeline Online
The history of music from 2,500,000 BC.
CWRU Early Intstrument Database
Early instruments from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque time periods.
All Music.com
Contempory music to include new releases and genres.
Early Music America
Early music practitioners seek to discover and perform music from times past, to explore a repertory of music that is otherwise little known. From Gregorian chant to the music of Bach and Mozart, the repertory spans a millennium, from roughly 800-1800.

OhioLink Music Center

Streaming music database of international works in a variety of genres from classical to spoken word with over 78,000 tracks.

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Ancient Greek Music

Call number : 780.938

Music History: Websites

Local Music Scene

Jazz Music

From the Web

OhioLink Music Center

Ancient Greek Music

NPR: Music Features