Live Music at the Library!

 

The Orlando Public Library has live music every Friday at noon.

 

Watch video presentations of past musical performances at the Library.

 

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Library Materials

Books

Careers in Music

Learn about jobs and careers associated with the music industry.

Music Appreciation
Discover the ways you can appreciate music.

 

 

 

 

 

Musicians and Musical Groups
Read up on musicians and musical groups.

 

 

 

Music Industry
Find out what it takes to survive in the business of music.

 

Videos

Live Concert DVDs

Watch your favorite artists perform live!

 

 

 

Musicals on DVD

From 42nd Street to Ziegfeld Follies, the Library has numerous musicals on DVD for your viewing enjoyment. We also have the latest musical DVD releases for you to find on the shelf.

 

Magazines

Read these in the Library!

Billboard
Down Beat
Right On!
Rolling Stone

Spin
Word Up!

 

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Web Sites

 

Covering all genres and styles of music, the award-winning allmusic has a large and loyal following among consumers and industry professionals alike.

 

Read how the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) plans to meet it's objective of "create an understanding and appreciation of the value of music in the home, the community, the nation, and the world" with National Music Week.

Learn about the characteristics and social diversity of music in America through American Music in Answers.com.

American Music Resource is a site that "provides a multi-dimensional source of reference information about all styles of music indigenous to the Western Hemisphere."

From the Internet Public Library, Music History 102 is a guide to Western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present.

Read chapter-by-chapter outlines of A History of Western Music by Donald Jay Grout and Claude Palisca, a standard text in undergraduate music history studies in Music History Resources.

 

Chronological web guides to American popular music from Kingwood College Library:

Before 1900

1900 to 1950

1950 to 2000

 

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Library Online Resources

 

Enjoy African American Song, the first online resource to document the history of African-American music in an online music listening service.

 

Consisting of over 50,000 tracks, American Song includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys, as well as historical songs concerning civil rights, various wars, and political campaigns.

 

Find numerous music-related biographies in Biography Resource Center.

Classical Music Library is a streaming classical music service that includes more than 50,000 music recordings.

 

Follow along with Timmy Thingvall in Hip Music. Hip Library, and learn how you can find music in the catalog through this brief tutorial.

 

Check out these eBooks and downloadable audiobooks available through NetLibrary.

 

Listen to more than 35,000 individual tracks of music, spoken word, natural and man-made sounds with Smithsonian Global Sound Music Library.

 

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Kids & Teens

 

Library Online Resources

American Song

Listen to songs, rhymes, and tales for children, all from America’s musical history.

 

The Best of Both Worlds

Enjoy this Hannah Montana themed, rock your socks off, booklist created just for you.

 

Classical Musical Library

Are you learning a new song for the instrument that you play or do you just love classical music? Use this resource to listen to the Music Conductor.

 

World Book Online Kids

Explore the roots of music! Find the origins of your favorite music genres by using this youth friendly database.

 

Library Materials

Books that sing and dance!

Check out these fiction and non-fiction books celebrating music!

 

Web Sites

San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site

This fun and informative site is a terrific resource for kids to learn about music and parts of the orchestra.

 

PBS Kids Play with Music

Enjoy this family fun Web site and play music games with PBS Kids.

 

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