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Many films include closed captions, searchable transcripts and clipping functionality for accessibility and teaching support. Limited public performance rights include classroom showings and extracurricular viewing as long as no admission is charged.
Instructors may request access via the request form in Kanopy.
If you live in Massachusetts and wish to use Kanopy outside of academic use, the Boston Public Library (BPL) offers Kanopy for free, up to 4 films a month. First BPL Kanopy-related info .
Over 85,000 tracks, emphasizing classical, but also including world music, jazz, folk, and more, available for streaming. Access is limited to 15 users at a time.
Boston Symphony Orchestra ArchivesBSO Archives is open to researchers on an appointment basis. Their collection documents the BSO and its many facets, including BSO, Pops, Tanglewood, Tanglewood Music Center, Symphony Hall, and the Boston Music Hall. Key digital resources can be found at: archives.bso.org (BSO’s performance history database that contains details for more than 32,000 performances by the BSO, Pops, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, and the Tanglewood Music Center); and at collections.bso.org (digital collections of photographs, program books, and some audio recordings of Tanglewood Music Center and Festival of Contemporary Music recordings). Inquiries can be addressed to the general archives email --- archives@bso.org
Free Music ArchiveA major online discography and a library of ex-copyright recordings
Monterey Jazz Festival- Digital CollectionsThe festival's archive, preserved by the Stanford University Archive of Recorded Sound,contains recordings of live festival performances.