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Archive: July 2014 (5 Posts)

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Soul Music? Let’s talk about Ray Charles!

Posted by: Amanda Smith

Summer and jazz seem to go hand-in-hand. I am noticing weekend jazz festivals and evenings of “jazz in the park” all over the D.C. area. I am sure some of you have enjoyed some of these events where you live. Now I am thinking about jazz! This thought lends itself to a discussion of related genres like …

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Selections from Howe Press

Posted by: Katie Rodda

As I detailed in my last blog post, much of the braille music in the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Music Section collection comes from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. Their (now defunct) Howe Press has provided us with many musical treasures that are unique to …

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New Braille Titles in the Digital Collection

Posted by: John Hanson

The Music Section regularly adds new music to its collection. In this first post to address new additions, we highlight recently added titles that are in digital format. Each can be embossed and loaned in hard copy, if needed, but this list shows new titles in digital format. Strictly hard copy paper acquisitions are made through purchases …

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Friday Afternoons; Continuing a Grand Tradition

Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins

The NLS Music Section recently acquired a braille transcription of Benjamin Britten’s Friday Afternoons. The songs in this collection are available both in hard copy and for download from BARD, for anyone who is performing them or otherwise interested in this music.  The music is scored for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass choral parts.  A …

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Band, Orchestra, and More: When Young Musicians Use Our Music

Posted by: Amanda Smith

Children and youth comprise an important part of the patronage at a public library, and this is certainly true here at the Music Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped as well.  Young musicians use NLS music materials in a variety of ways as they learn to play instruments.  Here …