Music Research Guide: Stream Music

The Smithsonian’s combined musical resources constitute the world’s largest museum of music. Music is an integral part of the Smithsonian’s connective tissue, spanning a remarkable number and diversity of collections, programs, and exhibitions. If you listen closely, the Smithsonian is not as quiet as you might think!

A collection of images, digitized sheet music, and books related to the study and preservation of music

The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge.

Web archives featuring music scores and recordings of public domain works

The Recorded Sound Research Center provides access to the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress. The collection dates from 1926 when Victor Records donated over 400 discs to the Library's Music Division to supplement its print and manuscript holdings.

All of the orchestra’s concerts from the Philharmonie Berlin, the Europakonzert and the Waldbühne concert are broadcast live in the Digital Concert Hall and then shown as a repeat. Free Trial

OperaVision is a freeview opera streaming platform, supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme. The place to see opera online, OperaVision is a window on the varied landscape of musical theatre for a connected world. Watch Livestreamed and on demand shows.

"The Songs of America presentation allows you to explore American history as documented in the work of some of our country's greatest composers, poets, scholars, and performers. From popular and traditional songs, to poetic art songs and sacred music, the relationship of song to historical events from the nation's founding to the present is highlighted through more than 80,000 online items."