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Posted by: Juliette Appold
Happy Holiday Season with braille music scores and music history books newly added to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download).
Posted in: Audio, Bach, Braille Music, Flute, Instrumental Music, Johann Sebastian, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Music Theory, Organ, Piano Music, Ragtime, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
In this post, we celebrate Karen Gearreald’s extraordinary contributions as a braille music educator, transcriber, and mentor, whose work has shaped the field and supported generations of certified transcribers.
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music, Braille Music Transcribers, Leadership
Posted by: Juliette Appold
New music instructional materials on BARD! Learn to play the piano with braille scores of the famous "Piano Odyssey" series by the Royal Conservatory of Music. Explore new audio instruction titles and Bach's "Coffee Cantata" braille score. Check out this blog to find out more.
Posted in: Music Instruction, Piano Music, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Learn to play "Moon River" and "Don't Let Me Down" on the guitar by listening to Bill Brown's instructional recordings. These and other titles are now available for download from BARD. To learn more, check out this blog or reach out to your NLS Music Section. We are happy to serve you.
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Posted by: Juliette Appold
New BARD additions with Bill Brown audio titles and digital braille scores. Check out our blog to learn more.
Posted in: Bass Guitar Instruction, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Lieder, Music Instruction, Organ, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Piano Tuning, Popular Music, Uncategorized, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
The Library of Congress presented Roderick Williams and the Bach Collegium Japan who performed Bach’s Cantata "Ich habe genug,” BWV 82. This blog offers some reflections of the composition, its performance, and offers recommendations for accessible music materials in audio and braille formats available to NLS patrons.
Posted in: Bach, Baroque music, Church Cantata, Johann Sebastian, Review, Singing, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Learn to play the congas with the newly added audiobook on BARD! We invite you to celebrate the end of 2022 with newly added lectures from the Library of Congress and musical scores with works by Brahms, Beethoven, Kreisler, Vivaldi, and others. Happy Holidays, Everyone!
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
"Silver Bells" has become a big part of the Christmas soundscape. The song has a catchy tune and easy-to-remember lyrics and illustrates a great song-writing team: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston. In this blog, we will explore the story of the song and its creators.
Posted in: American Composers, Jewish American Heritage Month, Motion Picture Music, Popular Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Celebrate Native American Heritage month with R. Carlos Nakai's lecture on Native American flutes and learn about resources from the NLS Music Section, NLS General Collection, and from Library of Congress Collections.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Native American Heritage Month, Native American History, Native Americans, Uncategorized