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Archive: March 2016 (4 Posts)

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Stevie Wonder, Braille, and Accessibility

Posted by: John Hanson

A couple of weeks ago, one of my colleagues here at NLS, David Fernandez-Barrial, asked me if I had seen the Grammy award ceremony (which took place Monday, February 15, 2016). I had to admit I hadn’t; I was, uh, practicing my Hindemith songs. Well, it turns out that Stevie Wonder, one of the presenters at …

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When I Fell for Ravel

Posted by: John Hanson

The following is a guest blog by Donna Koh, Music Reader Services Librarian in the Music Section.   There are a few experiences in my life that I know I will never forget. One of them took place when I was 9 years old and living in Korea.  One evening, my piano teacher called my …

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Music Catalogs for 2016: New and Improved!

Posted by: Katie Rodda

As we are exiting the period that can still be referred to as “the new year” and are approaching the season of renewal known as spring, we’d like to highlight some of our recent publications, namely our new catalogs. Although we’ve had blog posts about magazines produced by the Music Section (Musical Mainstream and Contemporary …