Alexander Street
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The UC Davis General Library has partnered with the Department of Music to offer a collection of streaming audio available via the Library Web page to UC Davis students, faculty and staff. This online audio collection consists of three databases of audio and music totaling well over 100,000 tracks: Classical Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, and African American Song. The collection is of broad interest beyond music scholars and aficionados, containing speeches, readings, animal noises, and various other sounds. Click here from off-campusContains recordings covering the history of Western art music, from Gregorian chant to the works of contemporary composers. The recordings are from major labels such as EMI as well as independents like Sanctuary Classics and Hyperion. Performances feature major artists including Neville Marriner, Yehudi Menuhin, Glenn Gould, Maria Callas, and hundreds of others. Click here from off-campusIncludes music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Recordings come from the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archives of other labels. It includes music from around the world, as well as spoken word recordings of biography, memoir, drama, and poetry. Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Dubois, Mahalia Jackson, Sterling Brown, and others can be heard reading from their own works. Other non-musical material includes sounds of biological origin, sounds of the rainforest, documentary sounds (such as aircraft, cars, and tools), and more. Click here from off-campusDocuments the history of African American music with recordings by major names in the history of black American music. Artists include Ma Rainey, Lead Belly, Mahalia Jackson, Alberta Hunter, Tampa Red, and William "Bunk" Johnson. Some recordings have never before been available. Access to the field recordings of folklorist Alan Lomax is also included. |