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BASE is a search engine especially for academic web resources. It provides more than 300 million documents from more than 10,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access).

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Access to streaming video of over 700 concert videos from six decades. Also includes live broadcasts, films, documentaries, artist portraits, and interviews with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Please note: individual registration is required for access via apps on mobile devices and smart TVs. Users must revalidate their account once every 90 days by accessing via the IU Libraries and logging into their account.

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Dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Access is for Volumes I, II, and III.

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Information on more than 12,100 works by nearly 1,800 composers.

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International index of dissertations about all aspects of classical, popular, and world music. Includes dissertations in progress as well as completed.

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Recordings of American music, including CD quality audio, liner notes and essays from New World, Composers Recordings, and other important labels.

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A multimedia web site about the life and career of master songwriter Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981).

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Sheet music from the Indiana University Lilly Library, the Indiana State Library, the Indiana State Museum, and the Indiana Historical Society.

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Covers the full spectrum of dance: theatrical, ritual, dance-drama, folk, traditional, ethnic, and social dance.

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Provides phonetic transcriptions and literal, word-for-word translations of song and aria texts.

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Produces and broadcasts concerts and programs in collaboration with orchestras and concert halls. 
Users may create individual accounts, see individual account instructions.

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Met performances in various formats, including live in HD.  Includes telecasts from the 1970s, '80s, '90s, and '00s and radio broadcasts dating back to 1936.

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Music Industry Data is a repository of historical and current data from Billboard, Official Chart Company, GfK Entertainment and other reporting agencies from over 30 countries around the world. Sales data and ranking information offer insights for interpretation and discussion by scholars.

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Access to opera performances, staged productions, interviews, and documentaries covering repertoire from the Baroque period to the 20th century. Includes access to both Opera in Video Volume 1 and Volume 2.

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Sound files of traditional music from around the world, plus notes, images, video, and lesson plans. Search by culture, genre, instrument, year, etc. Includes access to volumes 1 and 2.

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Comprehensive online encyclopedia devoted to world music research. Contains the full text of the 10-volume print encyclopedia with associated audio tracks, musical illustrations, photographs, drawings, song texts, score examples, charts, and maps.

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Provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries, plus full text for more than 140 of the indexed journals.

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Provides online access to titles from the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues plus selected titles from other labels. 

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Access to brief introductions and extensive annotated bibliographies of topics in music research with an emphasis on composers and their works as well as periods in music history.

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Access to articles in Oxford's Handbooks series on music.

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Includes access to Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Comprehensive resource covering all musical topics.

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Comprehensive bibliography of writings about music featuring citations, abstracts and indexes. Covers nearly one and a half million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects. Also includes full text of over 260 periodicals. New titles are added annually

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Full text access to 20th Century American jazz periodicals reproduced from originals in various conditions and formats. Produced in collaboration with the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.

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Vocal Masterclassics allows users to browse a list of vocal masterclasses offered on the internet.

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