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Naxos Music Library is the world's leading producer of classical music. Naxos produces more new recordings than any other label or corporate entity. The library offers the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogs as well as Jazz, Blues, World and Chinese music, and educational products that feature the biggest performers in the history of classical music. Naxos is in the process of adding thousands of titles of other independent labels including BIS, Hänssler Classic, Fantasy, Celestial Harmonies, Analekta, ARC, Artek, First Edition, CBC, Morrison Music Trust and Prophone to the library. Naxos will continue to include leading independent labels from around the world.

Why the Naxos Music Library?

  • Value for money From the very beginning, Naxos has stood for a combination of first-class performances and recorded sound at an affordable price. The Naxos Music Library offers the same outstanding value-for-money proposition. Naxos owns all the recordings in the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues outright, paying licensing fees only to repertoire licensed from third party labels.
  • Online content saves time, money and space With the Naxos Music Library, no lost or damaged CDs need ever be replaced. No more worries about lack of shelf space. Multiple copies are no longer required.
  • On-site and remote access Students, teaching staff and other users can log in and listen in the library, lecture room, dorm, office or at home.
  • Vast range of content Teaching staff can plan their courses around a wide range of music. The library includes not only practically all standard repertoire, but also a wide range of rare repertoire not available from other sources.
  • Multiple, simultaneous access Multiple users can simultaneously listen to the same content or different contents at the same time. The Naxos Music Library is available around the clock for unlimited simultaneous access.
  • In-copyright musical works Naxos has valid licences with all international public performance societies allowing Naxos to stream in-copyright musical works.
  • Flexible fee structure The fee structure is based on the number of simultaneous users, with a minimum of only five users for universities, music colleges and public libraries, and three for schools. Registered users can be both individuals and workstations, on and off campus / site.
  • Simple set up Set-up is simple and easy. For educational institutions, Naxos will create dedicated URLs, and flexible access control with a combination of IP address check and Referring URL. Separate usernames and passwords will also be available for professors / teaching staff and library administrators.
  • Naxos, a name you can trust Naxos has been a leader in classical music since 1987. You can therefore be confident that Naxos will be your partner in digital classical music for many years to come.

Features and Functions

  • Easy-to-use yet sophisticated search engine. Advanced search features allow for searching by genre, composer, country, work title, period, year of composition, instrument, music category, name of artist/performing group, or a combination of these criteria.
  • Browse/search for and listen to complete CDs, complete works or individual tracks.
  • Sound quality - Naxos' music is streamed in 64kbps (near CD-quality). A premium 128 kbps (CD-quality) service is also available. For listening without a broadband connection, users can switch the sound quality to 20kbps (FM quality).

Facts and Figures

  • 90,000 plus tracks, more than 6,200 CDs
  • New releases added monthly (on average over 35 per month in 2005)
  • Close to 7,000 composers represented
  • Repertoire includes:
    • Most standard repertoire, including complete operas
    • Many world-premiere recordings
    • Complete work cycles

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Comprises one of the most comprehensive collections of classic audiobook material available online. Produces around 30 new titles a year and concentrates largely on literary classics and educational themes. Also included are Naxos Educational products, which focus closely on the background to operas and the lives of great composers. All the recordings are illustrated with music from the unrivaled Naxos catalog.

Contents include:

  • Classic novels, plays and poetry, from medieval times to the twentieth century.
  • Unabridged titles, from Shakespeare to James Joyce.
  • Newly commissioned texts such as The History of English Literature.

More information:

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  • The whole range of classical masters, from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven to Strauss, Albéniz and Debussy.
  • Famous classical and jazz artists, including Chick Corea, James Galway, Steven Isserlis, Joe Lovano, David Liebman, NH0P, and many others.
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SheetMusicNow.com pays the copyright holders—the publishers, artists, composers and editors—a royalty for every piece of music downloaded and printed. The digital distribution of sheet music therefore rewards the musicians for their work and reduces the damage done by the frequent photocopying of sheet music.

By downloading sheet music for your library patrons, you are saving all the costs involved in purchasing printed editions—no shipping, no administration, no waiting, no checking in and out, no damages, no lost editions. In addition it is not necessary for the library patron to return his/her music, as you can print a new copy for every interested patron.