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Archive: August 2018 (2 Posts)

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Happy Birthday Samuel Coleridge-Taylor!

Posted by: Katie Rodda

British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born on August 15th in 1875. One of the more popular composers in England and the United States during the turn of the 20th century, he composed many works for choir, piano, and larger instrumental ensembles; however, his works are seldom performed today. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London to …

Posted in: Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Music, Vocal music

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Digitizing Braille Music Summer 2018

Posted by: Katie Rodda

The digitization project at the NLS marches on and currently it is in the hands of a summer intern! This is a guest post from Hannah Noel, a West Coast native currently living in North Carolina. She is a recent graduate of UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science, where she earned her …

Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, NLS Music Section