Music

Thanks to the Netherlands Bach Society of the Netherlands, viewers around the world can watch a new performance Bach every week. Includes a collection of over 200 instrumental and vocal performances of Bach for viewer to browse.

Watch full streaming opera performed around the world, as well as short films about famous story lines, interviews, and behind-the-scenes documentaries.

The UCSB library project is dedicated to preserving and archiving cylinder recordings.

Featuring 2,927 Audio Recordings from the Florida Folklife Collection including interviews, field recordings and performances at the Florida Folk Festival dating back to 1954. The State Archives of Florida houses thousands of unique sound recordings currently undergoing digitization; highlights from these efforts are available on this page as sampler CDs, podcasts, and MP3s.

The incomparable Riverwalk Jazz archive of live recordings features performances by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and outstanding guest artists. Singular musical arrangements created by band members, including leader Jim Cullum and pianist John Sheridan, enhance the classical forms of jazz the Band embraces. Co-host David Holt interviews guests and presents scene-setting narratives embedded with historical recordings and rare archival interviews. Original scripts based on oral histories illumine the stories behind the music and bring to life key figures in early jazz. Programs are enriched by associated materials: illustrated essays, profiles on guest artists and band members, complete listings of radio shows and songs, supplementary recordings and stories by Jim Cullum about his life in jazz. The Riverwalk Jazz radio series has been telling the story of early jazz and blues as it evolved in the first half of the 20th century on public radio stations for more than two decades.

Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress

A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33. Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA.