Archive: December 2021 (5 Posts)

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New BARD Additions: December 2021

December 30, 2021

In this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we bring you the latest offerings that have been added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). Please enjoy this musical feast, and Happy Holidays from the NLS Music Section!

Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Broadway, Choral, Classical Music, Country Music, Electric guitar, Flute, Free Braille Music Scores, Guitar, Hammond organ, Horn, Instrumental Music, Interviews, Jazz, Johnny Cash, Juvenile Music, Latin American Music, Latin Jazz, Lieder, Louis Braille, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music, Ravel, saxophone, Smithsonian Folkways, Song settings, Soul Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Violin music, Virtuosic Piano Music, Vocal music

Playing Favorites

December 23, 2021

Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins

A review of the history of some favorite Christmas carols and holiday songs.

Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Family music making, Music History and Appreciation

Folk Music and Music Education: Zoltán Kodály

December 16, 2021

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Today we celebrate the birthday of Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and music pedagogue Zoltán Kodály. We take a look at his life and his works available in the NLS Music Collection.

Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Juvenile Music, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano Instruction, Piano Music

IRENE is a digitizing machine that captures the audio information of grooves in a non-invasive manner through high resolution imaging. In the front of the picture is the machine that has a turntable with a laser over it. In the background is an enlarged photograph of the image of a recording's grooves as taken by IRENE. The grooves are vertical lines with some wave-shapes. The lines are represented in two shades of purple and separated by white lines in between.

American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: G is for Groove

December 9, 2021

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Groove - Where does the term come from, and what does it mean in music? In this blog we will talk about grooves and suggest a few materials available for check-out at NLS and other related information resources available at the Library.

Posted in: Audio Preservation, Jazz, NLS Music Section, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Uncategorized

Get Back! Beatles Materials in the NLS Collection

December 2, 2021

Posted by: Katie Rodda

This week's blog post talks about the recent documentary "Get Back," and provides books about learning Beatles music, and books about The Beatles.

Posted in: Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, Performing music, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music, Rock n' Roll, Talking Books

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