Music Appreciation (MU 100)

This archive is "a collection of websites of musicians, performers, and composers contributing to the American music scene. The collection strives to be representative of all genres of music, including jazz, classical, country, rock, Latin American, hip hop, rap, R&B, blues, EDM, heavy metal, bluegrass and many more." American Music Creators Web Archive rights and access info

A collection of free sound recordings (mostly music, but also some audiobooks). A project of the Internet Archive. Files may not be in the public domain - check the individual file for copyright/licensing info.

A collection of freely available music recordings with licenses inspired by the Creative Commons project. FMA licensing information

From the Global Jukebox About page: "The Global Jukebox explores connections between families of expressive style. ... Thousands of examples of the world’s music, dance and other expressive behavior are available here. The Global Jukebox is presented as a free, non-commercial, educational place for everybody."

Popular music and song of Africa and the Americas. A project of Vanderbilt University. Global Music Archive copyright information

A collection of open access and public domain sheet music, recordings, and textbooks. Primarily features classical music. Musopen licensing information

Early recorded music made available through the Library of Congress.

Mostly public domain recordings. For licensing/copyright information, see the Readme file associated with each MP3.

Highlights from the Smithsonian's music collection, including Folkways, African American gospel music, protest music, and more. Smithsonian info about intellectual property