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Classical Music in Video
A collection of performances of all forms of classical music in streaming video format, including major orchestral performances, and solo performances from around the world.
Opera in Video
A collection of opera and concert performance videos that can be viewed online including staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Multiple performances of major operas from the Baroque to the 20th century allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses and conductors.

Audio streaming

La divina commedia : The inferno - Canto I-VIII by Dante Alighieri; read in Italian by Enrico de Negri
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Festa Italiana : Italian songs and dances.
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Contents: Cu abballa abballa -- La mazurca di vincenzina --L'Ammazzu -- Tarantella d'altri tempi -- Donna Capricciusa -- Quadriglia in otto -- Un fiore per te --Maria Graziella -- A ricottara -- Conca d'oro -- A mala mugghieri -- Fuoco di paglia.
Folk Music from Italy by Walther Hennig
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27 tracks produced by Walther Hennig (Folkways Records, 1956), 1 hour 8 mins.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 8 : Europe by Alexander Street Press.
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Track 21. Italy: ballad in three-part harmony, "La Rosina la va la rusa" (01:18); Track 22. Sardinia: ballu seriu 'serious dance' "Beni, dammi sa manu, isfortunatu" (02:08).
Italian folk music by Alan Lomax with Diego Carpitella
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Contents: v. 1. Piedmont ; Emelia ; Lombardy -- v. 5. Naples ; Campania.
Italian folk songs by Alan Lomax and Carla Bianco
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Collected in Italian-speaking communities in New York City and Chicago.
Neapolitan songs by Rocco Allegrezza-Ruggiero
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Contents: I' m'arricordo 'e Napule (3:28) -- 'A canzone 'e Napule (2 :25) -- Santa Luia luntana (3:29) -- Torna maggio! (2:28) -- Chi sa? (2:06) -- 'A tazza 'e cafe! (2:32) -- Mamma mia, che vo sape? (3:02) -- Tarantella Luciana! (2:12) -- 'Na vocve, 'na chitarra e'o poco 'e luna (3:05) -- Dicitenello vuie (3:20) -- Pisatore 'e pusilleco (2:58) -- Nuttata 'e sentimento (2:17) -- Carmela mia (1:22) -- Duorme, carme (1:57) -- Malafemmena (4:04) -- Nun me sceta (3:57).
Songs and dances of Italy by Walther Hennig
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Contents: Sicilia bedda -- Napule bella -- Carettiera -- Cummari aviti vistu un laduzzu? -- Mattinata cagliaritana -- Picoroso di tosca -- Cicerenella -- Ninna ninna -- Gioco dello scarrafone -- Trallallera -- Serenta alla bella dormente -- Stornello baresi.