Welcome to our latest additions to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download). The past month’s braille additions include wonderful choral pieces by Randall Thompson, based on the works of Robert Frost, and multiple offerings for the study of guitar by Manuel Ponce and Francisco Tárreaga. As the Library of Congress salutes the 100th anniversary of Henry Mancini with multiple special events this week, enjoy a blog we posted earlier about one of America’s most prolific movie music composers.
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Choral
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista. Stabat Mater. For soprano and alto soloists, two violins, viola and basso continuo. Section by section format. (BRT37996)
Shayne, Gloria. Do You Hear What I Hear? Arranged for SSA chorus with piano accompaniment by Harry Simeone. This transcription includes the vocal parts only. 3 volumes. (BRM08266)
Thompson, Randall.
_____A Girl’s Garden, No. 5 from Frostiana. For women’s voices (SAA.) Line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM28979)
_____Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: men’s voices (TBB). (BRM28978)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph. Serenade to Music. For SATB chorus, soloists, and piano in line by line format. Contains chorus and vocal solo parts only. 8 volumes. (BRM06875)
Kodály, Zoltán. 100 Hungarian Folksongs, Pentatonic Music, Choral Method, volume I. Line by line format. (BRM24602)
Guitar
Ponce, Manuel. Theme Varie et Finale. For guitar in single line format. (BRM24552)
________Sonata Clássica: Hommage à Fernando Sor. For guitar in single line format. (BRM 24606)
Tárrega, Francisco. Estudios y preludios: que sirven de complemento a la Escuela de la guitarra. Studies and Preludes for Guitar. (BRM24230)
Piano
Ahearn, Ella Mason. The Adult Explorer at the Piano. Bar over bar format. (BRM07270)
Czerny, Carl. Thirty New Studies in Technics, op. 849, by Carl Czerny. Edited, revised and fingered by G. Buonamici. Bar over bar format. (BRM00153)
Dvořák, Antonín. Slavonic Dance No. 1, op. 46, Book 1. For one piano, four hands. Bar by bar format. (BRM 02516)
Grieg, Edvard. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, op. 43. Bar by bar format. (BRM01274)
Lyke, James, Ron Elliston, and Elisabeth Hartline. Keyboard Musicianship, Book. 2, Group Piano for Adults. Bar over bar format. 5 volumes. (BRM24599)
Stein, Lou. Yankee Doodle: from Learning to Improvise with Lou Stein’s Hip Fairy Tales and Funky Favorites. (BRM37994)
The Star Spangled Banner: from Learning to Improvise with Lou Stein’s Hip Fairy Tales and Funky Favorites. (BRM37995)
Vocal/Piano
Carmichael, Hoagy. Heart and Soul, Easy Piano Version. Vocal part with lyrics and guitar chord symbols in line by line format. Piano part in bar over bar format. (BRM30014)
Dvořák, Antonín. Biblical Songs. For high voice and piano. Bar by bar format. (BRM01227)
Wind Instruments
Flute
Rae, James. Jazzy Duets: Two Flutes for Young Players. Section by section format. (BRM33531)