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Posted January 8th, 2009 by
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  • I'm producing some podcasts and am looking for some sources of royalty-free classical music. I think that most (if not all) classical music is royalty free but most of the sites that I've seen are charging an outrageous amount to use this music. I'm looking for a few sites and/or services that would offer a selection of classical music that could be downloaded for free and used on podcasts. Please post your answer as a comment first and then I'll accept it as an answer if it is satisfactory. Thanks!


  • jbischke, Thanks for getting back to me. When you find out if the second site meets your needs, just let me know and I will post the information as the official answer to your question. Thanks, Bobbie7


  • jpbischke, Are any of the sites I provided of use to you or should we continue to search for other options? http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/wmcstore/WMCshop.cgi?action=dbview&id=classical&list=category http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Mozart__WA_-_String_Quartet_No.2_in_D_Mvmt_3_ http://www.archive.org/audio/audiolisting-browse.php?cat=198 Thanks, Bobbie7


  • My apologies for the delay in responding. It's been a bit crazy around the office the last couple of days. :) The first site (Partners in Rhyme) charges for their tracks and it's pretty expensive ($59.95). They do have a site (Tradebit.com) that sells downloadable tracks for cheaper but I can't find info on any restrictions here. As for the other site, there's a good chance that that might work as an answer to my question. I need to do a little more research into the Creative Commons license to determine if equates to being "podsafe." If so, I'm good to go! I'll post here when I know more. Thanks!


  • These are both good sites. The issue is that from what I understand with both of them you have to get explicit permission from whoever "owns" the song. We would prefer to find a site (even if there's a subscription fee involved) where we could use the song in our podcasts without having to wait for someone to sign off on it. That's basically how the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com) works but the problem is that they don't have a good selection of classical music. Hence the reason for the question. Any other ideas?


  • Even cheaper (free)http://www.classiccat.net/


  • It looks like the archive.org site will work for us so feel free to post this as answer. Thanks!!!


  • Hello again jpbischke, I am pleased that the classical music files at archive.org serve your purpose. http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Mozart__WA_-_String_Quartet_No.2_in_D_Mvmt_3_ http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=bach%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio http://www.archive.org/audio/audiolisting-browse.php?cat=198 Search criteria: bookmarked website Best wishes, Bobbie7


  • This what we were looking for. Thanks Bobbie7!!!


  • Is $25 a year exorbitant? That's the cost of a subscription to The Classical Archives: "The Classical Archives is the largest classical music site on the web: 34,563 full length classical music files by 1,902 composers. Files are offered in several formats: live recordings in WMA and MP3..." "Subscribers may access 1,000 files/month (100/day) - including all protected files such as HiFi MP3s and concerts. Registered Free Users may access 5 unrestricted files/day - excluding HiFi MP3s and other restricted files." http://www.classicalarchives.com/intro.html sublime1-ga


  • jpbischke, Would any of the following meet your needs? http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/wmcstore/WMCshop.cgi?action=dbview&id=classical&list=category http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Mozart__WA_-_String_Quartet_No.2_in_D_Mvmt_3_ http://www.archive.org/audio/audiolisting-browse.php?cat=198 --Bobbie7







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