Greetings, music lovers! During the month of August, the NLS Music Section made the following braille music scores available to download from BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). Enjoy!
Organ
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Orgelwerke. Band 1, Orgel-Büchlein; Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle); Chorale-partitas; Choralpartiten. “Urtext edition based on: Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, issued by the Johann Sebastian Bach Institut Göttingen and the Bach Archiv Leipzig, Series IV, Orgelwerke, Volume 1 (BA 5065-01), edited by Heinz-Harald Löhlein.” –Publisher’s note. Four volumes in bar over bar format. (BRM36795)
Percussion
Williams, Richard S. Foundations for Superior Performance: Percussion. Warm-Ups and Technique for Band. Two volumes. (BRM36796)
Piano
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Twenty-four Choral [i.e. Chorale] Preludes. Compiled and arranged by Felix Guenther. One volume in bar over bar format. (BRM22129)
Bauer, Marion. Summertime Suite: 8 Pieces for Students. Transcription for piano. Each piece is preceded by a short interpretation with directions for performance. One volume in bar over bar format. (BRM12002)
Mittell, Philipp. Mittell’s Popular Graded Course for Violin and Piano: Book 1. Piano part only. One volume in bar over bar format. (BRM00864)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Sonata VII: For Piano. Piano sonata in B-flat major, K. 333. One volume in bar over bar format. (BRM18912)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Sonate K. 570 for Piano for Two Hands. From a collection of sonatas edited by Köchel. One volume in bar over bar format. (BRM24814)
Violin
Mittell, Philipp. Violin Classics, Book 1. For violin and piano. Violin pieces for early intermediate level. One volume in single line and bar over bar formats. (BRM00866)
Neruda, Franz. Berceuse slave (Slavonic Cradle-Song), op. 11. For violin and piano. An early intermediate level piece for violin and piano. One volume in line by line and bar over bar formats. (BRM00889)
Vocal
All My Trials: Folk Song from Hootenanny Song Book. For unaccompanied voice. One volume in line by line format. (BRM20471)
The Modern Soprano Operatic Album: Excerpts. Includes selections from Mefistofele, Otello, and Turandot. One volume in single line format. Soprano part only. (BRM20542)
Van de Water, Beardsley. The Penitent. For high voice and piano. Two volumes in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM20483)
Wind Instruments
Whear, Paul W. Introduction and Invention: 1st and 2nd Horns. A duet for two French horns by American composer Paul Whear. One volume in line by line format. (BRM20472)
Whiting, George. My Blue Heaven: For Clarinet with Piano. One volume. (BRM07439)