Welcome to our latest additions to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download)! The past month’s braille additions include the Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method, organ works from “Forerunners of Bach,” and our latest issue of Popular Music Lead Sheets! Our newest music appreciation talking book is a lecture on the music of composer George Crumb, sponsored by our colleagues in the Library of Congress Music Division.

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Audiobooks

 

Music Appreciation

 

Talking about Music Series from the Library of Congress Music Division

Bruns, Steven. Painting with Sound: George Crumb’s Visionary Music. In addition to other topics, Bruns explores the relationships between Crumb’s music and the visual and literary arts with examples from throughout his career. (DBM04609)

 

Braille Music

 

Choral

Beethoven, Ludwig van. The Heavens Are Telling. Arranged for SATB chorus and organ in line by line, open score, and bar over bar format. (BRM24700)

Dawson, William Levi. Ain’-a That Good News? For SATB choir. Piano part is included for rehearsal only. Line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM05207)

Ravanello, Oreste. Missa XI Festiva, op. 71. For mixed two-part chorus (soprano/alto or tenor/bass) and organ. Paragraph format. (BRM37992)

Rutter, John. Requiem for soprano solo, mixed choir and small orchestra (or organ with instrumental ensemble). Solo soprano and SATB chorus parts only. (BRM32583)

Thompson, Randall. “Choose Something Like a Star” for women’s voices (SSAA). From Frostiana. For treble chorus and piano in line by line and bar over bar format (BRM29033)

__ “The Road Not Taken” for mixed chorus (SATB). From “Frostiana.” Line by line and bar over bar formats. (BRM29007)

Flute

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Partita in A minor for flute alone, BWV 1013. Section by section format. (BRM22939)

Rae, James. Blue Flute. For flute and piano. This file contains the flute part only in single line format with chord symbols. Piano accompaniment is BRM29888. (BRM29887)

Guitar

Haydn, Joseph. Menuet from G Major Quartet. Transcribed for guitar by Andrés Segovia. Single line format. (BRM32611)

 

Instructional

Flute

Petersen, A. C. Rubank Boehm System Flute Chart with Closed G Sharp Key. Single line format with instructional material in English contracted braille. (BRM32599)

Guitar

Helms, Johnie. Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method. Includes supplemental volume coauthored by Luke Owens and Stephanie Pieck that explains braille music tablature notation. Single line format. (BRM37989)

Music Theory

Perle, George. Serial Composition and Atonality. English contracted braille with musical examples in single line and bar over bar format. (BRM22954)

Percussion

Rhodes, Tom C. Essential Elements, Book 1, Percussion. Single line format. (BRM35453)

Piano

Clark, Frances. Playtime: Supplementary Music, Part A, Elementary Piano, 15 solos, many with optional accompaniment. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM25460)

__ Playtime: Supplementary Music, Part B. Selected and edited by Frances Clark and Louise Goss. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM25461)

__ Playtime: Supplementary Music, Part C. Selected and edited by Frances Clark and Louise Goss. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM25462)

Diller, Angela. Second Solo Book. By Angela Diller and Elizabeth Quale. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM22972)

Hanon, Charles Louis. Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises (38 Exercises Only). Bar over bar format. (BRM32191)

Palmer, Willard A. Alfred’s Basic Piano Library: Piano Lesson Book, Level 5. By Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco. Bar over bar format. (BRM29685)

Small, Allan. Blues “and How”: A Method of Teaching the Blues for the Pianist. Bar over bar format. (BRM27945)

__ Blues Piano. Bar over bar format. (BRM27944)

Suzuki, Shinʼichi. Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2. Bar over bar format. (BRM29902)

 

Orchestra

Sousa, John Philip. El Capitan March. Arranged for orchestra. Piano score and parts in single line and bar over bar format. (BRM37985)

Organ

Bruhns, Nicolaus. Drei Präludien und Fugen. For organ in paragraph format. (BRM26453)

Frescobaldi, Girolamo. Toccata per l’elevazione, no. 8 from “Forerunners of Bach.” For organ in bar over bar format. (BRM37987)

Kuhnau, Johann. Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, Chorale, no. 20 from “Forerunners of Bach.” For organ in bar over bar format. (BRM37988)

Scheidt, Samuel. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze standt (As Jesus Stood Beside the Cross), no. 9 from “Forerunners of Bach.” For organ in bar over bar format. (BRM37986)

Shearing, George. Sacred Sounds from George Shearing: Organ. Arrangements of traditional hymns for organ by George Shearing. Bar over bar format. (BRM26315)

Piano

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Die 15 zweistimmigen Inventionen im Urtext, BWV 772-786. For harpsichord or other keyboard instrument in paragraph format. (BRM37991)

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonata for piano, op. 49, no.2. Bar over bar format. (BRM30081)

Carmichael, Hoagy. Heart and Soul. Piano solo version in bar over bar format. (BRM30005)

Golden Music. Take Me Home Country Roads. For organ, piano, guitar and chord organ. A collection of popular songs from the 1970s. Includes general music instructional material. Words, guitar chords and melody. Line by line format. (BRM28652)

Haydn, Joseph. Variationen in F moll (Sonata un piccolo divertimento), Hob.XVII:6. From “Klavierstücke Klaviervariationen.” For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM29886)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Sonata in G major, no. 5, for the piano. Bar over bar format. (BRM23042)

Rae, James. Blue Flute. For flute and piano. This file contains the piano part in bar over bar format with flute outline and chord symbols. Flute part is BRM29887. (BRM29888)

Schubert, Franz. Three Piano Pieces = Drei Klavierstücke: Impromptus (aus dem Nachlass). For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM24260)

__ 5. Sonate opus posth. 143, D 784. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM29471)

Slaughter, Henry. Henry Slaughter Gospel Piano Course, Book 4. Bar over bar format. (BRM29859)

Stanford, Charles Villiers. Three Intermezzi, op. 13, for clarinet and piano. Piano accompaniment with clarinet outline in bar over bar format. (BRM29413)

Viole, Berenice. Pirate Caves for piano. Bar over bar format. (BRM37984)

Wright, N. Louise, (Nannie Louise). Veil Dance. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM37983)

Violin

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix. Concerto for Violin in E Minor. Arranged for violin and piano in paragraph format. (BRM37990)

Vocal

Brown, Lew, Wladimir A. Timm, Vasek Zeman and Jaromir Vejvoda. Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel). For voice and piano in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM28738)

LaForge, Frank and Will Earhart. Pathways of Song, Volume 4. For high voice and piano. Vocal part only with melodic outline in line by line format. (BRM37982)

Popular Music Lead Sheets No. 138. Includes the songs “This Is Me Trying,” “Just a Little Sunshine,” “Even My Dad Does Sometimes,” “Cold, Cold, Heart,” and “Speak Now.” In lead sheet format with melody, words, and chord symbols. For voice and chordal accompaniment. (BRM32584)