Can you share music between itunes accounts

I just currently purchased an Ipad for my daughter to use at school.  I need to set her up for her own account, but in doing so she will lose all of her music when she syncs her ipod up to that account as well.  Is there a way for me to have her Ipod sync or download the music from the cloud and then have both her ipod and ipad on her own itunes account? 

An iTunes library can hold media from multiple accounts. iPods and iPod devices are limited to protected content from up to five different accounts. Apps and movies are generally protected, most music won't be unless it was purchased quite some time ago. Ideally I'd suggest you make a clone of your library for your daughter to take with her, then see can keep what she wants, discard what she doesn't and start using her own account here on out.
In the event that she is using the device independenly of an iTunes library see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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