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The Library of Congress has a plethora of information and media related to music education. Within the archives of the Library of Congress are recordings of folk songs, articles about music in America, and podcasts. One of these podcast collections is about Music and the Brain where research related to music and how it affects the brain is reviewed and discussed. This is an excellent resource for music advocacy. It is also a great resource for better understanding music learning.

The Library of Congress collects digital recordings of historically significant music. Access to these recordings is free and can be used in your classroom to present this music to your students.

Collection of very old recordings of various genres of music provided by the Library of Congress. Features a searchable database.

The National Jukebox serves as an archive for older recordings from a variety of genres. The purpose of the site is to provide public access to recordings in the Library of Congress collection. The site contains a variety of musical recordings that could be used by teachers, students, or the everyday music consumer. 

The life and works of 20th Century composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990) is showcased in this skillfully compiled Library of Congress collection, featuring a detailed biography, images from different periods of his life, written correspondences between Copland and others, and different hand-notated selections.

The Library of Congress maintains an encyclopedia of all performing arts collections they curate. This website can be used to access content from some of these collections and find information about most collections.

Compiled by the Library of Congress, Music and the Brain is a Podcast that has lectures, conversations and symposia about the connection between neuroscience and music. Kay Redfield Jamison is the project chair compiles scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians, psychologists and other experts to discuss topics such as: the future of music; music and grief; the mind of the artist and others. There are 20 podcasts and they are all free!

Many people avoid the LoC like it is the black plague.  However, even though it seems like it would be boring and stiff, they have many amazing resources and their digital catalogue is growing by leaps and bounds every day!  Additionally, if you cannot find something fully digitized and you believe the the LoC has it somewhere, just ask a librarian and they will be more than happy to help!

The Library of Congress website has a plethora of free historical recordings. For example, I found The Liberty Bell March from 1905. You should listen to the recordings in advance to check for inappropriate language. I think it would be very valuable to have authentic historical recordings for students to listen to, which would present the opportunity to discuss the history of recording music.

Provided by Holy Names University in conjunction with their Kodály Center, "American Folk Song Collection" is a valuable resource for music teachers, parents, choral conductors and composers.Exploring the collection of repertoire allows a music teacher of any grade level the opportunity to obtain musical scores, lyrics, song analyses and background information. All applicable to constructing curriculum, selecting repertoire for a performance ensemble or building a personal database of favorite songs. Recordings provided by the Library of Congress and other resources and short films on the history and work of Zoltán Kodály, make this a strong resource for instructional planning and classroom implementation.

HNU is a site in which students, teachers, parents could utilize to find songs, lyrics, scores, song analysis, background information, and deeper insight into the works and methodologies of Zoltan Kodaly.