Music 345A: Music of South Asia
Karen Olson
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Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
Karen Olson
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Streaming Audio
- Contemporary World Music This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio of contemporary world music, plus liner notes.
- Ethnographic Sound Archives Online This link opens in a new windowOver 2,000 hours of previously unpublished historic field recordings from all over the world, along with supporting field notes and ethnographers' metadata.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio of classical music, plus some world music and jazz. Includes brief discussions of the works and biographical information on composers and artists.
- Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio of music, spoken word (including speeches and readings of literary texts), and sounds. Coverage crosses geographic areas and historical periods.
- Archive of Indian MusicSoundCloud channel of digitized LPs of Indian music.
Streaming Video
The JVC Anthology of World Music and Dance includes multiple performances of music from India and other parts of South Asia.
Other sources for streaming video include:
- Asian Film Online This link opens in a new windowAsian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker.
- Dance in Video This link opens in a new windowStreaming video of dance performances and documentaries. Includes materials recorded 1955-present.
- Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new windowA wide range of videos on a variety of topics, including music and the arts.