New BARD Additions: February 2026
By: Juliette Appold
Explore the Music Section's new BARD additions.
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New BARD Additions: March 2024
By: Juliette Appold
Learn to play "Moon River" and "Don't Let Me Down" on the guitar by listening to Bill Brown's instructional recordings. These and other titles are now available for download from BARD. To learn more, check out this blog or reach out to your NLS Music Section. We are happy to serve you.
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New BARD Additions: November 2023
By: Juliette Appold
New BARD additions with Bill Brown audio titles and digital braille scores. Check out our blog to learn more.
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New BARD Additions: December 2022
By: Juliette Appold
Learn to play the congas with the newly added audiobook on BARD! We invite you to celebrate the end of 2022 with newly added lectures from the Library of Congress and musical scores with works by Brahms, Beethoven, Kreisler, Vivaldi, and others. Happy Holidays, Everyone!
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Silver Bells
By: Juliette Appold
"Silver Bells" has become a big part of the Christmas soundscape. The song has a catchy tune and easy-to-remember lyrics and illustrates a great song-writing team: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston. In this blog, we will explore the story of the song and its creators.
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month with Library of Congress Resources
By: Juliette Appold
Celebrate Native American Heritage month with R. Carlos Nakai's lecture on Native American flutes and learn about resources from the NLS Music Section, NLS General Collection, and from Library of Congress Collections.
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October Marks 60 Years of NLS Music Section!
By: Juliette Appold
This week, the NLS Music Section celebrates 60 years of service to our patrons. Read about our history and enjoy some of the celebration music to check out.
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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month in 2022 with Tango
By: Juliette Appold
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 with NLS and learn about Argentinian Tango. Listen to a recording from 1912 and find out about accessible NLS resources available for you to check out.
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Junior Fellows Enhance Discoverability of Music Resources Related to Blind Musicians – Part 1
By: Juliette Appold
This is a guest blog post by Junior Fellow Margot Cuddihy. Ms. Cuddihy describes her contributions to the NLS Music Section during the 10-week-long program.
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Seeing Music: Gnomus and Baba Yaga from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”
By: Juliette Appold
Who are Baba Yaga and Gnomus? This blog shows how Mussorgsky represents them in his piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition," and what kinds of related NLS materials you may be interested in.
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