Public Domain, Creative Commons, and Other Online Resources

"Music on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons license. You are free to download and sample from music on this site and share the results with anyone, anywhere, anytime."

"The Free Music Archive is a digital repository for music that wants to be shared, with more than 100,000 free and legal tracks to stream and download."

"Freesound is a collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds."

"2024 pieces of music – free to download, modify, print, copy, distribute, perform, and record – all in the Public Domain or under Creative Commons licenses, in PDF, MIDI, and editable LilyPond file formats."

Run by a nonprofit, Musopen gives access to public domain music (audio and sheet) and allows users to upload music that is in the public domain.