The invention relates to a method for the selection, transmission and playback of pieces of music by subscribers of a digital mobile network, whereby a plurality of pieces of music is saved in digital form on a database server. The inventive device is characterised in that the database server is dialled up by a mobile terminal via the mobile communication network and a desired piece of music is selected. The selected piece of music is then transmitted in the form of digital audio data from the database server to the mobile terminal via the mobile communication network and is played back on the mobile terminal. The invention also relates to a mobile radio terminal which is suitable for carrying out said method.