How Do I
Streaming Music & Spoken Word
These require a perpetual connection to the Internet as the music is streamed and not downloaded as a file that you can copy to your computer or portable device. They require a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card for remote access.
Streaming Music
Remote Access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
African American Song is now a part of American Song! To listen to historical recordings of African American music, visit American Song or Music Online Plus.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
This site contains over 12,000 tracks (with more added regularly) that illustrate our country’s history through music. Songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children and many others are included. Of particular interest is the index by historical event.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
A new addition, this site aims to be one that “delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent.” Currently this constantly growing site features over 8,000 tracks of music from around the world.
Library Access
CLP-Main Only
CLP-Main Only
NO Remote Access
A scholarly resource of recordings, including liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings (CRI) and other labels such as Albany, Frog Peak, Mode, and XI.
Only available within the Main Library of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Only available within the Main Library of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
With over 130,000 tracks and featuring labels such as Fantasy and Prestige, Jazz Music Library is one of the largest collections of streaming jazz online.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
Explore all of our Alexander Street Press music databases via the Music Online Plus interface. This portal lets you search and use materials from American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound without having to jump from database to database.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
Listen to classical, jazz and world music online.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
Listen to streaming audio of jazz music.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
Opera in Video allows library cardholders to watch opera on demand and free of charge. This frequently updated database contains streaming video of great operas from the Baroque period through the 20th century as well as interviews and documentaries focusing on opera.
Remote access
(CLP Card)
(CLP Card)
Listen to world, folk and traditional music online.
Streaming Spoken Word from Naxos
Naxos Spoken Word Library
Remote Access
(CLP card)
(CLP card)
Listen to streaming audio of adult and children's classic fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry. This requires an ongoing connection to the Internet.
You must use the log out button when exiting this database, or future log-ins may be unsuccessful.
