Classical Music in Video has over 1,500 video clips of performances of major orchestral works, chamber music, oratorios, and solo performances, plus master classes and interviews with master teachers. The trial will run through June 20th, 2012.

If you have questions or would like to provide feedback, please contact Pam Juengling, Music liaison librarian, at 413-545-1858.

The Libraries now has a trial for Rock’s Backpages, featuring articles and audio interviews covering popular music back to the 1950′s taken from a wide range of publications in the United States and United Kingdom.

The trial continues through March 28th, 2012. Contact Pam Juengling, Music Librarian, at 413-545-1858 with questions or comments.

RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals, Plus Full-Text Online Archive and LibraryMusicSource have been added to the collections. RIPM+Online Archive provides indexing and content analysis of writings about music and culture between 1800-1950 in periodicals from 20 countries. The added online archive component includes primary source materials. LibraryMusicSource has partial and complete scores from over 35,000 classical works. You can browse by instrument or composer, or conduct a keyword search. Scores can be downloaded or printed.

Contact Pam Juengling, Music Liaison Librarian, at 413-454-1858 with questions or comments about these databases.

Medici.tv provides streaming video of classical music concerts, ballet and opera performances and documentaries on performers and composers. This trial is active through October 31st, 2011. Contact Pam Juengling, Music Reference Librarian at 413-545-1858 with questions or comments.

RIPM includes the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1850-1950) and the Online Archive of Music Periodicals Full-text (1805-1962) and offers music history and culture articles published in music periodicals from over 20 countries. Full-text articles are available from the Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals. This trial goes through October 13th, 2011.

Library Music Source has partial and complete scores from over 35,000 classical works. You can browse by instrument or composer, or conduct a keyword search. Scores can be downloaded or printed. This trial goes through October 15th, 2011.

Contact Pam Juengling, Music Liaison Librarian, at 413-454-1858 with questions or comments about these databases.

The popular Naxos Music Library has a new component dedicated to Jazz, and the Libraries have added access to it for 10 simultaneous users. You can search or browse by composer, artist, label or genre to identify and listen to over 5,000 tracks of music and notes.

Contact Pam Juengling, Music Reference Librarian, at 413-545-1858 for assistance using this resource.

Medici.tv has over 600 videos of classical music concerts; opera and ballet performances; composer and artist profiles; and master classes. The service also provides live broadcasts.

The trial goes through April 1st, 1011. Contact Pam Juengling, Music and Dance librarian liaison, at 413-545-1858 with questions or comments.

Jazz Music Library is a collection of over 68,000 tracks of recordings available for streaming. You may identify pieces by composer, artist, song title, recording date, genre and more. Liner notes from albums are available as pdf files.

The trial runs through January 24th, 2011. Contact Pam Juengling, Music library liaison, at 413-545-1858 with questions or comments.

The Libraries now have the online version of the Oxford History of Western Music. Written by noted musicologist Richard Taruskin, this reference source traces the evolution of western classical music. You can browse through chapters covering 5 historical periods, or search for terms in full-text or chapter titles.

If you have questions or would like assistance using the Oxford History of Western Music, contact Pam Juengling, Music Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-1858.

The Oxford History of Western Music covers the evolution of Western classical music as presented by the musicologist Richard Taruskin. This trial runs through October 15th. 2010. Send comments or questions to Pam Juengling, Music Liaison Librarian, at 413-545-1858.