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Freegal

Limit of 8 hours of streaming per day temporarily changed to unlimited. Stream and download songs or download music videos from hundreds of musical genres and thousands of labels including Sony Music Entertainment. Files downloaded are yours to keep and transfer.

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Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

Category: Downloads, Music

MNspin

Albums from Minnesota musicians curated by local experts. Full songs and albums are available to stream and download.

Subscription purchased with funding from the Friends of the Hennepin County Library.

Category: Arts and culture, Downloads, Music

Music Index with Full Text

Index and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. Includes book reviews, obituaries, and news. Includes full-text for many titles. Goes back to 1974.

Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

Category: Music

Music Online Premium

Reference works, scores, liner notes, and streaming audio and video of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles. Covers American music, classical music, dance, jazz, popular music, theatre, and world music and spans all time periods.

Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

Category: Arts and culture, Music