Music in Video

Overview

This music video resource is unparalleled in its breadth and depth. It offers cross-searchable access to three databases: Classical Music in Video; Opera in Video; and Dance in Video. Synchronized, searchable, scrolling transcripts run alongside nearly all the videos, enhancing navigation and access.

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Agreement term

Until 31 December 2013

Eligible countries

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cambodia, Cameroon, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Palestine, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Institutions in the countries above: if you are interested in gaining access to Music in Video, please contact your EIFL-Licensing Coordinator.

Pricing and licences

Available to members only here.

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Subject coverage

Classical Music, Opera and Dance

Key features

Classical Music in Video is the definitive online collection for the study of classical music in video format. It contains 1,000 hours of classical music performances and masterclasses captured on video—approximately 1,500 performances in all.
Opera in Video contains 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews and documentaries, and then delivered online through more than 500 hours of streaming video available electronically for the first time. New tools enable users to make custom clips of the operas and assemble them into class-specific playlists. Users can also bookmark specific arias, acts, staging examples with permanent, per-second URLs, and then annotate them, share them, email them, and include them in papers and course reserve.
Dance in Video includes 450 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the twentieth century. The collection covers ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Specially developed controlled vocabularies enable users to browse by genre, performer, choreographer, company, and other combinable fields.