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Music Information and Research @ Pitt

This guide is intended to provide an overview of resources available at the University of Pittsburgh for music-related research and study.

Audio / Visual Materials

Pitt's Theodore M. Finney Music Library maintains ever-growing collections of CDs and DVDs alongside older media such as VHS tapes and vinyl LP records. The Music Library has listening and viewing stations, and all materials are discoverable in PittCat

In addition to the traditional media, audio/visual recordings are also available online through various streaming databases. This guide page provides an overview of the streaming audio and video databases to which Pitt subscribes.

Music Online

                                                         

Music Online is a suite of databases from Alexander Street Press that allows users to browse, search, hear, and compile playlists of full length streaming recordings in a variety of genres. The databases below can be used individually or alongside other performing arts databases in the federated Music Online interface.

Met Opera on Demand

Medici.tv