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Classical Music Library (CML) is an on-line database of distinguished classical-music recordings covering Medieval to contemporary, choral to symphonic, and opera to the avant-garde.
Upwards of 50,000 audio tracks from over 30 record labels are supplemented by extensive reference materials, including program notes and composer biographies.
CML features recordings by Artemis-Vanguard, Bridge Records, EMI, Hänssler Classic, Hyperion, Sanctuary Classics, Vox, and more. Multiple versions of many works are available to enable comparative listening. Advanced searching capabilities and hundreds of recommended play lists are themed by genres. Creating personalized play lists and course folders is possible.
Students can also listen to associated recordings of works found in the major music history and music appreciation textbooks, including The Norton Anthology of Western Music (Donald J. Grout and Claude V. Palisca); The Development of Western Music (K. Marie Stolba); and Music: An Appreciation (Roger Kamien).
Major artists found in CML include Maria Callas, Sir Simon Rattle, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Previn, Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, Martha Argerich, Artur Rubinstein, Jacqueline du Pré, and Riccardo Muti, among others.
Independent European and North American record labels, including CBC, Nimbus, Sanctuary Classics, and others feature additional renowned artists, such as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Felicity Lott, Glenn Gould, Angela Hewitt, Trevor Pinnock, The Sixteen, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. CML also includes artists and orchestras that have their own record labels, such as the London Symphony Orchestra.
PC users:
IE 6+, Netscape 8+, Firefox 1+, Mozilla 1+
Mac users:
Netscape 7+, Safari 1+, Firefox 1+, Mozilla 1+
Media player Requirements
PC users:
Macromedia Flash Player up to and including version 7.x; Microsoft Windows Media Player up to and including version 10.x
Mac users:
Macromedia Flash Player up to and including version 7.x
Naxos Music Library is an on-line database of the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of over 165,000 audio tracks covering mainly classical music, but also including jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music.
New releases are continually added to ensure that NML is always up-to-date.
The complete catalogues of numerous independent record labels are also accessible through NML, including those of ABC Classics, Alba Records, Amadis, Analekta, ARC, Artek, ATMA Classique, BIS, Brana Records, Bridge Records, CBC, Cedille Records, Celestial Harmonies, Collegium, Coro, Dacapo, First Edition, Gimell, Hänssler Classic, Hungaraton, Middle Kingdom, Morrison Music Trust, PentaTone, Prophone, Proprius, Signum Classics, Toccata Classics, White Cloud, and Yellow River. Others are added to the database as they become available.
While listening, one can read notes on the works being played, as well as biographical information on composers or artists in NML's extensive database.
Playlists can be created by professors, and students will have access to the playlist recordings on- or off-campus. Multiple users can listen to the same tracks at the same time. Click on "Playlist," situated along the bar at the top, and you will find a list of instructions near the bottom.
Please note: students of an institution cannot create playlists.
PC users:
Features are optimized through IE. May also use Mozilla based browsers (Firefox).
Mac users:
Access via Mozilla, IE, or Safari
Media player Requirements
PC users:
Must have Windows Media Player 9 Series, downloadable through the Naxos site.
Mac users:
Must download the correct version of Windows Media Player; Users with Mac OS 8.6 or 9.0 should download version 7.1; Users with Mac OS 10 or higher should download version 9.
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Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
Classical Music Library (CML)
Naxos Music Library (NML)
The Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) is an on-line database that facilitates research in American music by offering on-demand streaming access to over 1,200 CDs of 7,500 compositions from the catalogues of New World Records, CRI, Albany, innova, Cedille, XI, Pogus, Deep Listening, and Mutable.
Ranging from folk to opera, native American to jazz, 19th-century "classical" to early rock, Broadway to contemporary, electro-acoustic and more, DRAM makes available for educational use and scholarly research the widest possible spectrum of recorded American music.
Alongside the high-quality music streams, complete liner notes, scholarly essays, bibliographies, and discographies are available for viewing on DRAM. Playlists can be created by faculty to address specific curriculum needs.
Browser Requirements
The Database is designed to be compatible with the following browsers:
. Internet Explorer 5.2 (Macintosh users) or 6.0 (Windows users) higher
. Netscape 7.2 (Macintosh) or 8.0 (Windows)
. Firefox 1.0 or higher (Windows and Macintosh)
. Safari 1.2.4 (Macintosh only)
Media Player Requirements
QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is the preferred player for DRAM streaming media. If you do not already have QuickTime installed, you may download it free from Apple. Windows users click here to select the most current version for your operating system.
While you may be able to stream DRAM media using Windows Media Player or RealPlayer, display issues and/or performance interruptions may occur if an application other than QuickTime is used to listen to music files.
If QuickTime is installed on your system but is not set as the default application handler for files of extension type *.smil and *.sml, you will need to alter your preferences to effect this change.
Windows Users
To set QuickTime as the default handler for smil files, you will need to access the default setting within your Windows Folder Options (found under Control Panel in Windows XP and/or Settings in earlier iterations of the OS). From the list of extensions, you will need to locate file extensions *.smil and *.sml and specify QuickTime the default application handler for files of that type.
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