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Posted by: Juliette Appold
This post provides a brief look at American composer Steve Heitzeg, and some nature-inspired works available from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers, Instrumental Music, Music History and Appreciation
![(ca. 1890) Peasants dancing, Bosnia, Austro-Hungary. , ca. 1890. [Between and Ca. 1900] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002710708/.](https://blogs.loc.gov/nls-music-notes/files/2018/09/Peasants-dancing-detail.png)
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Béla Bartók was a seminal 20th-century composer and musicologist. Born in Hungary on March 25, 1881, he lived through World War I and experienced the beginnings of World War II, before immigrating with his second wife to the United States in 1940. He died in New York on September 26, 1945. What makes Bartók‘s works …
Posted in: Braille Music, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
José Feliciano is a guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for his interpretation of the songs “Feliz Navidad,” “Light My Fire” and “Hi-Heel Sneakers.” Feliciano was born blind on September 10, 1945 in Lares, Puerto Rico. At age five, his family moved to New York. José Feliciano always liked music and started playing the harmonica …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Hispanic American History, Music History and Appreciation
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Welcome to the newest additions of music materials on BARD. Audio Materials Amazing Grace. For late beginner. Bill Brown teaches how to play the late beginner version of “Amazing Grace” on the piano without the use of music notation. (DBM03901) Chattanooga Choo Choo. Bill Brown teaches how to play the Glenn Miller Orchestra’s 1940s classic …
Posted in: Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Music Instruction, Piano, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
We’re happy to learn that our patrons are increasingly using BARD to download music materials. Let’s take a look at some new additions to BARD: Audio Materials Classic Harmonica Blues by Smithsonian Folkways (DBM03629) Cowboy Songs by Smithsonian Folkways. (DBM03627) Flirting with Disaster. For guitar. Performed and taught by Bill Brown. (DBM03887) The Hammer …
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Here are the latest music material additions to BARD. If you have any questions on how to use BARD or to obtain a BARD account, please get in touch with the Music Section or your local Regional Library. Digital Talking Books The hammer dulcimer. Homespun Tapes. Read by John McCutcheon. (DBM03919) Classic harmonica blues. …
Posted in: American Braille, Braille, Braille Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
In our last blogpost we introduced blind musician Francis Joseph Campbell. Today’s entry is about one of the most famous American composers who had close connections to the Library of Congress: Aaron Copland. Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 14, 1900. He studied music from an early age and received formal …
Posted in: American Braille, American Composers, Braille, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Piano Music, Uncategorized