Music Online

Try Music Online until March 15th!

A few weeks ago, we told you that Music Online had tripled in size. But numbers don't always mean much. So we're going to let you find out for yourself just how much music we've got with an exclusive sneak peek.

Register now for free access to Music Online!

All the classical, jazz, American, and world music content you could want—in every format. Cross-search all of our recordings, scores, reference, and video content from a single interface. Listen to the best recordings from the best record labels—while you follow along with the score and read the composer's biography. Create playlists and take them anywhere with mobile access.

Your access will only last through March 15th, though, so register now.

For more information about Music Online, or to request extended trial access, email sales@alexanderstreet.com.

Free Download: Mauro Giuliani's Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 85

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) was an Italian composer and guitarist. He wrote many works for guitar solo, three guitar concerti, and chamber music featuring the guitar.

The Grand Duo Concertant was written for flute (or violin) and guitar, and this recording is performed by Benoît Fromanger (flute) and Ichiro Suzuki (guitar).

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All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user.

New music content added

This was a big week for our music products: we've added a lot of content to four different collections!

• 1,837 pages of content have been added to Classical Music Reference Library, representing four titles from Princeton University Press (if this month's issue of Music Media Monthly got you in a Schoenberg mood, you're in luck: one of those titles is Schoenberg and His World).
• 28 videos have been added to Dance in Video, with styles ranging from baroque to hip-hop. Dance in Video now contains 275 hours of video from 314 different titles.
• 18 new videos have been added to Opera in Video, including a number of performances from the Royal Opera House and several documentaries. The collection now contains 174 videos spanning 488 hours. 
• The biggest news of all: Classical Scores Library is now complete! The new content added to the collection (from composers like Girolamo Frescobaldi, Antonio Vivaldi, and Diana Blom) puts it at 400,000 pages of sheet music.

For more information about any of our music and performing arts collections, or to request a free trial or price quote for your library, email sales@alexanderstreet.com.

The February issue of Music Media Monthly is now live!

Whether your interest lies in reggae, choral Schoenberg, or the ukelele, this month's issue of Music Media Monthly has something for you (and if you like all three, we can pretty much guarantee it does). Featured are sound recordings of British folk, roots reggae from France, and the Westminster Cathedral Choir performing Palestrina. For performance fans, the videos are choral and opera works, and the books include a history of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and a look at Gershwin's theatrical composition career. And get a little taste of summer with the Web resources, all related to the ukelele. As usual, Music Media Monthly has something for every taste. Check out this month's issue here!

Happy Valentine's Day from Alexander Street!

Need a little something to set the mood for Valentine's Day? Whether you're planning a romantic dinner or just looking forward to the chocolate going on sale tomorrow, we've got you covered.

Check out our homepage for a Valentine's playlist and an anti-Valentine one!

Free Download: Rodolfo Halffter's La madrugada del panadero Ballet Suite, Op. 12a

Rodolfo Halffter (1900-1987) was the eldest of the Halffter composers. He was a Mexican composer of Prussian descent, who wrote works for ballet, orchestra, chamber ensemble, and some vocal music. This ballet suite, 'La madrugada del panadero (The Baker's Dawn)', was written in 1940 and premiered in Mexico City in the same year.

This recording is performed by the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra; Fernando Lozano, conductor.

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All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user.

Listen for three times as long!

Last month, we did something huge: we tripled the size of our Music Online collection. You read that right: tripled. We added more than 400,000 new recordings to individual libraries, including 46,000 tracks into American Song, 61,000 tracks into Jazz Music Library, and 132,000 tracks into Contemporary World Music. We also added something entirely new, just for subscribers to the complete Music Online—Listening suite: nearly 140,000 recordings of 20th century popular music, including pop, punk, hip-hop, country, and musical theater.

We've also increased search speeds and functionality, and we've improved sound quality. We're not done yet: expect that track number to grow even more throughout this year!

For full details, visit our website to read the press release and learn more about Music Online.