This month we’re thankful for getting to share our new digital braille acquisitions on BARD!
We’d also like to take a moment to share what else we’re thankful for this season. We’re grateful for the exciting advancements at NLS, including the much-anticipated rollouts of the Digital Advanced Player 2 (DA-2), the NLS Braille eReader, and BARD 2.0, all major steps forward as NLS continues to innovate! We’re likewise appreciative of our colleagues across the NLS network, whose partnership ensures accessible materials reach patrons nationwide. Most of all, we’re thankful for our patrons, who inspire us with their stories, accomplishments, and suggestions that help the Music Section grow. There are many more people and efforts worthy of thanks, but please know how grateful we are to everyone who supports the mission of the Music Section: “That All May Read – Music!”
Although we did not have as much added to BARD this month due to the government shutdown, we still have several braille titles to share with you. From the libretto for Die Fledermaus (a traditional holiday favorite!), to two Rachmaninoff scores (one for strings and one for piano), plus a few more! Now onto to the BARD additions for this month:
Organ
Franck, César. Cantabile. No. 2 of 3 Pièces: Pour le grand Orgue. Bar by bar format. (BRM23695)
Piano
Rachmaninoff, Sergei. Variations on a Theme of Corelli: Piano: op. 42. Bar over bar format. (BRM26340)
Piano Instruction
Faber, Nancy & Randall. Accelerated Piano Adventures: Lesson Book: Book 2: For the Older Beginner. Bar over bar format. (BRM38055)
Accelerated Piano Adventures: Theory Book: Book 2: For the Older Beginner. Bar over bar format. (BRM38056)
Royal Conservatory of Music. Celebration Series Perspectives: Piano Repertoire 7. Bar over bar format (BRT38058)
Libretti
Haffner, Carl and Richard Genée. Die Fledermaus (Libretto). English contracted braille. (BRM37828)
String Instruments
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major For Violin, Viola, And Orchestra, KV 364 (320d). Single line format. (BRT38015)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei. Sonate pour Piano et Violoncelle, op. 19. Single line and bar over bar format. (BRT38017)
Vocal
Franz, Robert. I Wander This Summer Morning: Am Leuchtenden Sommermorgen: Op. 11, no. 2. Line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM27144)
Glenn, Mabelle and Bernard Taylor (ed). French Art Songs for School and Studio: Issued for Medium High Voice. For medium voice and piano in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM20537)
Prahl, Victor (arr). Vocal Duets (Secular): Vol. 1: For Voices of Medium Range. For 2 voices and piano in line by line format. (BRM04929)
Stravinsky, Igor. Pastorale: From “Fifty Art Songs from the Modern Repertoire.” For voice and piano in line by line and bar over bar format. (BRM20466)
Please note that all materials listed above 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].
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