Arts, Music, and Theater resources: Overview

Issues of DownBeat, a jazz magazine, from 2008-present.

An exhibition of the Library of Congress

This University of Virginia Online Exhibit provides an overview of the history and social impact of musical styles from early ballads to protest songs. Includes sample audio.

"An extensive original collection of text, images, and audio clips of great works of Western classical music. From the Internet Public Library. "

Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress. Search for an artist, a song or a genre such as jazz , popular music, or classical. "The National Jukebox debuts featuring more than 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1900 and 1925."

"The Ozark Folksong Collection, originally recorded and compiled between 1949 and 1965, is the largest and most complete collection of traditional music and associated materials from Arkansas and the Ozarks in the nation." Scroll to the bottom of the page to browse the collection.

The University of Rochester’s music library provides access to music scores, handbooks, and guides.

This project from the National Museum of American History includes oral histories of jazz musicians, exhibitions, a timeline and glossary of Latin Jazz, and information about Jazz Appreciation Month.

The Monologue Archive web site categorizes selected monologues for men, women, children, and seniors as comic, dramatic, or classical, as well as by author.

A project of San Francisco State University’s Poetry Center, this site offers audio recordings of poets from the 1950s, including Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes, and William Carlos Williams, reading their poems.

Vimeo Video School can be found on the lower half of the Vimeo home page. Learn how to make a video from Video 101, take a video challenge, or get tips and learn more about a specific aspect of video production.