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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Today we are honoring a superstar in opera. You know someone is famous when they are referred to by only one name; Michelangelo, Beethoven, Bach, Picasso. And that is just a short list of artists and composers. What about performers? Who can possibly be ingrained in the memory of fans to be remembered by one …
Posted in: Audio, Metropolitan Opera, Music History and Appreciation, Opera, Performing music, Recordings
Posted by: Amanda Smith
Over the past month, the Music Section has added more than 45 new braille, audio, and large-print music titles by roughly twenty-five different composers to its collection. Together, just three composers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and Robert Schumann, wrote compositions that comprise nearly a quarter of the total amount of those additions. I thought it a good …
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Large Print Music, New Acquisitions
Posted by: John Hanson
Dear Readers, This is the FOURTH post announcing a new set of braille scores that are free for the asking. There are more than 100 scores in the new spreadsheet list. As before, these are scores that have been received over the years as gifts from individuals, libraries and braille producers. They are duplicates of …
Posted in: Braille Music, Free Braille Music Scores
Posted by: John Hanson
The following is a guest blog by Donna Koh, Music Reader Services Librarian This blog is for those classical music lovers who marvel at the beauty and versatility of the human voice but find many operas overdramatic, long and overwhelming. If I may make a confession, I am one of those music lovers. Fortunately for …
Posted in: Art Songs, Braille Music, Lieder, Music History and Appreciation, Piano