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Posted by: Amanda Smith
In my last blog post highlighting the Music Section‘s newest braille music acquisitions I mentioned the Glee Songbook: Easy Piano, and also “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” by Cole Porter. These titles easily bring to mind the subject of Broadway musicals. For quite some time the Music Section has been offering a selection of …
Posted in: Braille Music, Broadway, Popular Music
Posted by: John Hanson
In 1863, the Imperial Institute for the Young Blind in Paris published a “Collection of Organ Pieces” —“for the special use of students at the Institute.” These pieces were all composed by professors of music at the Institute, all of whom had been students there also. They are Gabriel Gauthier, Marius Gueit, Victor Paul, and …
Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille Music, Institut national des jeunes aveugles, Louis Braille
Posted by: Katie Rodda
The NLS Music Section has recently acquired another new title by popular and prolific contributor, Bill Irwin. Patrons of the Music Section, and followers of this blog, may already be aware of Mr. Irwin’s background. If you wish to read more about Bill Irwin, please check out our blog post from June of last year, …
Posted in: Audio, Blues, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Performing music, Piano, Popular Music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
My colleague, Amanda Smith recently blogged about one of our magazines Musical Mainstream. While I have written of my classical music background and attend concerts in the area, I still like to be connected with what is trending in popular music. Contemporary Soundtrack is a compilation of magazine articles and reviews of popular music, featuring …
Posted in: Bluegrass, Blues, Country Music, Folk Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Popular Music, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Soul Music, Uncategorized