New BARD Additions: October 2023
By: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in October 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
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New BARD Additions: April 2022
By: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in April 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
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New BARD Additions: March 2022
By: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in March 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
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American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: H—Hazel Dickens
By: Katie Rodda
This blog post continues the NLS Music Section's series of American Music from A to Z. This week, we take a look at the life and music of Hazel Dickens.
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Folk Music and Music Education: Zoltán Kodály
By: Katie Rodda
Today we celebrate the birthday of Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and music pedagogue Zoltán Kodály. We take a look at his life and his works available in the NLS Music Collection.
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American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: D–Delta Blues
By: Katie Rodda
This blog is continuation of our "American Music from A to Z" series. In this post, we'll be taking a look at Delta Blues, and materials in the NLS Collection about the blues.
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American Composers and Musicians from A-Z: X-Z (Part 2 - “Those We Missed”)
By: Katie Rodda
This is our last installment of the "American Composers and Blind Musicians from A to Z" series. In this post we take a look at Blind American musicians who we missed on the first round.
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Music from the Movies
By: Katie Rodda
Although the 91st Academy Awards ceremony took place more than a week ago, we wanted to highlight some of the more famous film music and film-related music we have in the NLS Music collection! A few years ago, I wrote a blog post on composer Nino Rota, who, in addition to his film scores (Godfather, …
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NLS Music Magazine Roundup!
By: Katie Rodda
The following is a guest blog post by new Music Reader Services librarian Lindsay Conway. Did you know that the National Library Service offers subscriptions to music magazines, free of charge to NLS patrons? The NLS Music Section produces Musical Mainstream, Contemporary Soundtrack, and Popular Music Lead Sheets. NLS also offers free subscriptions to five …
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The Festival That Changed American Music
By: Katie Rodda
Nearly 50 years ago today marked the beginning of the Monterey International Pop Festival, one of the first rock festivals in the United States. Nowadays, rock festivals are a common occurrence, happening in various locations year-round. Back in 1967, though, the rock festival was not common. Monterey helped change all that, as the rock festival …
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