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Streaming Music: Classical, World, Folk, and more! PLUS Classical Scores

Access to these services requires a library card from Montgomery County Public Libraries and a PIN. If you have access problems, please call Ask-a-Librarian at 240-777-0001.

Technical Information: Streaming music requires Macromedia Flash Player version 7 or higher, and Microsoft Windows Media Player version 10 or higher. See also Music Products Troubleshooting.

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Now you can listen to your musical selections from these products on your web-enabled mobile device or smartphone. Clicking the Send to Mobile icon will give you a shortlink for playback. The link will work for 48 hours.

	Music Online Search across all of the following music products at once. PLUS almost 140,000 tracks of rock, pop, punk, new age, metal, holiday music, hip-hop, rap, electronic, film and theater soundtracks, and more, which are NOT in the subcollections below but are searchable, browseable, and streaming in Music Online.
	American Song Listen to music from America's past. Songs by and about African Americans, American Indians, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests.
	Classical Music Library Choral works, symphonies, operas, vocal and instrumental music, chamber music, and more. Ranges from medieval to contemporary music. Free classical music download: Twice a month, Alexander Street offers a selection for free downloading. You can also request to be alerted when the pieces become available.
	Classical Scores Library Over 13,000 classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. Scores span all genres and time periods from the Western classical canon. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
	Contemporary World Music Reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
	Jazz Music Library Streaming music from thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres.
	Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries 35,000 tracks of animal/nature sounds, dramatic performances, poetry, political speeches, war and protest songs, and traditional music performances from around the world. Free world music download: Twice a month, Alexander Street offers a selection for free downloading. You can also request to be alerted when the pieces become available.