Music 345B: American Music

In all your research -- but especially for web resources -- make sure to evaluate the source critically before you use it!  Use the Evaluating Sources with ACCORD tab on the left to tell if you are using a reliable resource.

Looking for historical scores or recordings online? Use the menu on the left to find Resources for Musical Scores and Resources for Recordings.

Scores, manuscripts, and images from the Library of Congress.

• Digital Public Library of America (aka DPLA)
  Access to more than 17,000,000 items from libraries, archives, and museums from around the country.
• Internet Archive
  Digitized materials, both print and audiovisual, from libraries around the world. Be sure to check who posted the material to verify its credibility. Pre-1925 materials are freely available, but you can create a free account to borrow post-1925 materials.
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
Scores, manuscripts, and images from the Library of Congress
• New York Public Library Digital Collections Digitized materials from one of the biggest public library system in the USA, including photographs, manuscripts, and streaming AV resources.

• American Music on the World Wide Web (Society of American Music)
  Provides links to dramatic, popular, sacred, and classical music sites including opera, jazz, blues, ragtime, gospel, and much more. While some resources pertain to current topics in American music, others offer great historical information. A mix of primary and secondary sources, so be sure to evaluate what kind of source you have found.