Sound Recordings

The recording collection in the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives consists of those recordings which support the College of Music Arts and the Sound Recordings Archives. The College of Music Arts (CMA) collection, which circulates on a limited basis, contains over 15,000 recordings of music from all periods of music history as well as ethnic music, musical theater, and jazz. Recital tapes from the College of Music Arts dating from 1966 are also housed in the library.

The Sound Recordings Archives, considered the nation's premier collection of popular music sound recordings, contains over 650,000 recordings representing all styles of popular music and all recorded formats. Established in 1967 for the scholarly study of popular music, the Sound Recordings Archives serves not only campus patrons, bu researchers from around the world.