Giving Thanks for BARD additions!
This month, we added audio titles for piano with music from the movies and the classical area, and in braille the popular piano teaching method by James Bastien along with works by Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky. Please note that all materials listed below are also available to borrow by mail, not only through BARD. Please contact the Music Section to borrow talking books on digital cartridge or to borrow hard copies of braille music. Call us at 1-800-424-8567, ext. 2, or e-mail us at [email protected].
If you are new to BARD, you may find the following links helpful: Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) and BARD Access.
Talking Books – Instructional
Jack’s Lament: from “Nightmare Before Christmas.” For piano, late intermediate level. (DBM04509)
Kiss the Rain. For piano, intermediate level. In the style of Yiruma. (DBM04510)
Once upon a December, from the motion picture “Anastasia”. For piano, late beginner. (DBM04511)
Sonata no. 16 in C, K. 545. For piano, intermediate level. First movement (Allegro). (DBM04513)
Sonata no. 16 in C, K. 545. For piano, intermediate level. Second movement (Andante). (DBM04514)
Sonata no. 16 in C, K. 545. For piano, intermediate level. Third movement (Rondo). (DBM04512)
Music Appreciation
Soundwaves of Feminism: the Women’s Music Movement. Women’s history professor Bonnie J. Morris discusses the women’s music movement. Her talk explores rare materials and cultural changes by feminist and lesbian artists. (DBM04518)
Braille
Piano
Bastien, James W.
How to Teach Piano Successfully. Contains instructional material in English contracted braille and musical examples in bar over bar format. 19 volumes. (BRM27619)
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson.
Roman Sketches. Excerpts in bar over bar format. (BRM24628)
Kapustin, Nicolai.
24 Preludes and Fugues, Volume 2. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM37740)
McLain, Charles S.
Prelude on the Spiritual “Were You There.“ Bar over bar format. (BRM24752)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, K. 385p, in A major. Includes the solo piano part only. Bar over bar format. (BRM24583)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei.
Etudes-tableaux op. 39 no. 9. Bar over bar format. (BRM35039)
Preludes for piano: op. 23, no. 9. Bar over bar format. (BRM35038)
Schumann, Robert.
Papillons, op. 2. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRT37728)
Scriabin, Aleksandr.
Prelude for the Left Hand Alone. For piano in open score format. (BRM20440)
Stravinsky, Igor.
Three Easy Pieces: for piano duet (left hand easy). Bar over bar format.(BRM24562)
Cello
Lalo, Édouard.
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D minor. Arranged for cello and piano in single line and bar over bar format. (BRT37730)
Clarinet
Nielsen, Carl.
Concerto, opus 57, for clarinet and orchestra. Arranged for clarinet and piano by Torben Petersen. Single line and bar over bar format. (BRT37729)
Weber, Carl Maria von.
Grand Duo Concertant, op. 48, for clarinet and piano. Single line and bar over bar format. (BRT37726)
Variations for clarinet and piano, op. 33. Clarinet part only. Single line format. (BRM24563)
Flute
Borne, François.
“Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s “Carmen.” Arranged for flute and piano in single line and bar over bar format. (BRT37733)
Hymns
Service music from the Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Line by line and bar over bar format. English lyrics in contracted braille. (BRM33891)
Organ
Langlais, Jean.
Suite brève, pour orgue. (BRM24769)
Violin
Wieniawski, Henri.
Polonaise de Concert, op. 4, for violin and piano. Single line and bar over bar format. (BRT37727)
Vocal
Berkeley, Lennox.
Four poems of St. Teresa of Avila. Arranged for contralto and piano. Line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM33937)
Massenet, Jules.
Je suis encore. From Manon (BRT37731)
Moore, Douglas.
“Dearest Mama” from The Ballad of Baby Doe. (BRT37732)