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Archive: 2015 (13 Posts)

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Give the Gift of Music

Posted by: John Hanson

This following is a guest blog by Donna Koh, music reader services librarian in the Music Section.   It’s still early in December, still time to think about holiday gifts. The Music Section has a great holiday gift idea that will surely pull some heartstrings. First, let me share a personal testimony that may convince …

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B is really for banjo

Posted by: John Hanson

There are a lot of B’s in the Music Section. Bach, Bax, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Barber, Bartok, and Bernstein, not to mention the very note B –in every octave. We can’t forget Beer, Berger and Belcher, or Badarzewska-Baranowska. Instrumentally, we have the bass guitar, string bass, bass drum, the bari and the bamboula. The bongo …

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More Free Braille Music Scores #3

Posted by: John Hanson

This is the THIRD post announcing the availability of a selection of free braille scores. The response to our last offer was significantly better than the first. And we are gratified. In the new list we have many new listings and the total number is slightly greater than before. As before, these are scores that …

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Again, Free Braille Music Scores

Posted by: John Hanson

This is the second post announcing the availability of free braille scores. The response to our first offer was good, but modest. So, in this post, not only are we offering a larger number of titles, but we are also trying to encourage more requests. These are scores that have been received over the years …

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“Thirstier for life than ever”

Posted by: John Hanson

The following is a guest blog from Gilbert Busch, braille music specialist in the Music Section. Although active on the piano and organ, he has a strong interest in symphonic music, especially that of Mahler.     On Thursday, May 14th, I travelled to Boulder, Colorado, for MahlerFest XXVIII, an annual event devoted to the music of …

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A New Braille Music Title, Very Old Twisted Roots

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 …