Robinson Music Library provides access to many significant online resources related to the study of music. A comprehensive  is maintained on the . Online databases and other subscription resources can be accessed remotely by those enrolled in xxxxÊÓƵ classes or employed by xxxxÊÓƵ through Single Sign On with xxxxÊÓƵ credentials. Visitor access is also available on Library computers. 

CWRU students taking xxxxÊÓƵ classes will receive a xxxxÊÓƵ email address, which will ensure that you have full access to xxxxÊÓƵ library e-resources. Look for an activation email from Michael.Bratanov@cim.edu in your CWRU email inbox. You will need to set up your account and enter your xxxxÊÓƵ email address and temporary password provided. If you did not receive an activation email, contact help@cim.edu for assistance with activating your xxxxÊÓƵ email address. 

xxxxÊÓƵ partners with Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, which maintains an  that can be accessed remotely by those enrolled in CWRU classes or employed by CWRU through Single Sign On with CWRU credentials. Visitor access is also available on Library computers near the first-floor information desk. 

Northeast Ohio is also rich with significant public library systems, such as the Cleveland Public Library (CPL), one of the largest public research libraries in the United States. All Ohio residents are currently eligible to get library cards with both the Cleveland Public Library and Cuyahoga County Public Library. Additionally, students living in Ohio for most of the year while attending school in-state, those who own property in Ohio, and those who work in Ohio permanently are eligible for a CPL can be accessed for free with a library card barcode and PIN. The newly renovated CPL in University Circle is within walking distance of xxxxÊÓƵ.  

See Library Staff for assistance.

Music Research Databases

IPA Source offers a collection of transcriptions and literal translations of opera aria, art song, and Latin liturgical texts. The resource features recordings of selected texts and a guide to resources for the vocal performer. 

Music Index database provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts covering every aspect of classical and popular music.

Orchestral Music Online provides information about the instrumentation of over 15,800 works by more than 2,400 composers, and offers details about composers, names of individual movements, and more. See Library staff for the off-campus access code.

Oxford Music Online, home of Grove Music Online, is an online music encyclopedia, offering coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. Grove Music Online offers over 52,000 articles written by over 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe.

RILM is an international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines. All scholarly works are indexed (articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, etc.). 

Diction Police provides singers with a comprehensive set of tools for the study and application of lyric diction. Their philosophy centers on hearing the sounds of foreign languages delivered by native speakers who are also professional singers or coaches with a practical understanding of the intricacies of singing language.

Streaming Music/Video Databases

DRAM offers a collection of sound recordings documenting American music. Works can be browsed by work, album or track titles, as well as by artist roles, and date of recording and composition.

As the leading platform for classical music and jazz, medici.tv offers over 200 live events annually, plus more than 4,500 videos of concerts, ballets, operas, documentaries, master classes, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews, all available in High Definition. medici.tv is accessible on all your screens: computer, tablet, smartphone, and TV (via AirPlay or Google Cast). Get connected to xxxxÊÓƵ's institutional subscription in xxxxÊÓƵ's IP range and create a personal account to access medici.tv off campus. A mobile app user guide is available in the library.

This is an online streaming resource of the Metropolitan Opera, featuring more than 750 full-length Met performances. Features current HD broadcasts as well as historic audio recordings.

Music Video Collection is the largest and most comprehensive resource for the study of music. Users experience music through thousands of performances, masterclasses, documentaries, and interviews.

Naxos Music offers catalogues or selected recordings of over 950 labels, standard and specialist repertoire, over 900 aural training exercises, a Musicology platform for music scholarship, guided tours on classical music eras, audio book transcriptions about the history of classical music and opera with listening examples, libretti and synopses of over 700 operas, a pronunciation guide on composer and artist names as well as musical terms, In-depth analyses of selected works, and more.

Digital Sheet Music

Explore music for voice and piano (mainly art songs and arias from operas and oratorios), transposed to any key and available for download. If a work is not available on the site or not in the key you desire, you may make up to five new requests per year. On demand publishing of new repertoire is also available during certain times of the year.

Find digitized scores and parts. The latest cloud-based technology, including easy-to-use annotation tools combined with G. Henle Publisher’s reliable urtext for your tablet computer. Download or share to online storage to create your personal, curated library. The ‘Henle Library’ app runs on iPads, on iPhones (iOS 13 and higher) and on Mac computers that contain the Apple silicon chip (M1-M4). The app also runs on Android tablets and smartphones (Android 5.0 and higher) as well as on Chromebooks. Moreover, you can use the app on Windows 11 computers (using the Windows subsystem for Android and the Amazon App store) and Microsoft Surface tablets (Windows 11). .