For the month of August, NLS is pleased to present a wealth of music braille offerings, and a few highly requested audio titles. Whether you are a soloist or part of an or ensemble, there is bound to be something for you.
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 can find more information about signing up here: Sign up for BARD and Accessing BARD.
Audio
Piano
Brown, Bill. Chariots Of Fire, for Piano, as performed by Vangelis, Early Intermediate Lesson. For piano. Bill Brown teaches you how to play this iconic movie theme completely by ear. (DBM04729)
____ Panis angelicus, as composed by César Franck, for Piano Late Beginner Lesson. Bill Brown teaches you how to play this timeless hymn completely by ear. (DBM04724)
Braille
Orchestra
Brahms, Johannes. Wiegenlied = Cradle Song. Arranged for string orchestra and piano in section by section and bar over bar format. (BRM22054)
Piano
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Inventions in two and three parts. Originally for harpsichord, this version for piano in section by section format. (BRM17989)
Chopin, Frédéric. Grande valse brillante, op. 18, no. 1. For piano in section by section format. (BRM20546)
Grieg, Edvard. Albumblätter = Album Leaves, Op. 28. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM06441)
Royal Conservatory of Music. Celebration Series Perspectives, Etudes 1, Piano Studies. Features works by many composers in bar over bar format. (BRT38038)
____ Royal Conservatory of Music. Celebration Series Perspectives, Etudes 2, Piano Studies. A continuation of the previous title, this book contains 13 selections from various classical periods. (BRT38040)
____ Royal Conservatory of Music. Celebration Series Perspectives, Piano Repertoire 1. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRT38039)
Respighi, Ottorino. Notturno. For piano in bar over bar format. (BRM22224)
Piano Duets
Diller, Angela. First Duet Book for the Piano. For one piano, four hands, in bar over bar format. (BRM07740)
Gershwin, George. Rhapsody in Blue. For two pianos, four hands in in bar over bar format. Piano one part only (solo piano part). (BRM17977)
Piano Ensemble
Beethoven, Ludwig Van. Trio VII [i.e. VI], op. 97. For piano, violin, and violoncello in single line and bar over bar formats. (BRM25927)
Popular Vocal
Ledner, Michael. You Are My Hiding Place. For two voices and piano in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM38035)
String Instruments
Gillespie, Robert. Essential Elements 2000 for Strings, Viola Book 1, a Comprehensive String Method. For viola in single line format. (BRM36647)
Goltermann, Georg. Concerto 1 in A Minor, Op. 14, for Cello. Solo cello part in line by line format. (BRM22075)
Vocal
Adler, Kurt. Operatic Anthology, Volume 1 Soprano, Celebrated Arias Selected from Operas by Old and Modern Composers. In line by line format. (BRM22085)
Brahms, Johannes. Brahms-Album, Band 2, Ausgewählte Lieder , Für Eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung. Paragraph format. (BRM25047)
Head, Michael. Sweet Chance, That Led My Steps Abroad. Song from Songs of the Countryside. For low voice and piano in line by line format. (BRM23775)
Quilter, Roger. Go, Lovely Rose, Op. 24, No. 3. For voice and piano in bar by bar format. (BRM06208)
____ It Was a Lover and His Lass, No. 3 of Five Shakespeare Songs, Op. 23 (Second Set). For voice and piano in line by line format. (BRM23795)
____ June. For voice and piano in line by line format. (BRM23788)
____ To Julia, Six Lyrics of Robert Herrick , Op. 8. For voice and piano in bar by bar format. (BRM01438)
Taylor, Bernard. Great Art Songs of Three Centuries. For voice and piano in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM20589)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph. Bright is the Ring of Words. From “Songs of Travel” for voice and piano in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM17171)
Ward, Samuel A. Four Patriotic Songs. The Star Spangled Banner; My Country Tis of Thee; America, the Beautiful; and The Battle Hymn of the Republic. For unison voices in paragraph format. (BRM04693)
Wind Instruments
Chopin, Frederic. Étude, op. 25, no. 7. Arranged for bass clarinet and piano by Dan McGlaun in line by line and bar over bar formats. (BRM38036)
Lautzenheiser, Tim. Essential Elements 2000, A Comprehensive Band Method , B Flat Trumpet, Book 1. In single line format. (BRM34657)
Rose, Cyrille. Forty Studies = 40 Etudes. For clarinet in line by line format. (BRM22882)