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Oxford Music Online Find information on composers, musical styles, and major musical works. Helps locate scores in large sets.
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Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries Sound files of traditional music from around the world, plus notes, images, video, and lesson plans. Search by culture, genre, instrument, year, etc.
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Ethnographic Sound Archives Online Ethnographic Sound Archives Online brings together over 2,000 hours of previously unpublished historic field recordings from around the world, alongside their supporting field notes and ethnographers’ metadata, opening new paths for the study of music in its cultural context.