Cuckoos, Ducks, Swans and Nightingales – Birds in Music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This blog explores birds in music and offers a selection of materials NLS offers on that topic.
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Let’s Travel to … Paris (Ohh-la-la!)
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Let's explore Paris with materials from the NLS Music Section. This blog will take a walk from the Louvre to Montmartre and end at the Ile de la Cite at Notre Dame Cathedral.
Posted in: Braille Music, Paris, Piano Music
BRAILLE DIGITIZATION PROJECT GETS A BIG BOOST
Posted by: Juliette Appold
We are excited to have received funding from Susan D. Diskin to build a prototype laser scanning machine. Read about our latest braille digitization project.
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology
Coming Up: How to Write Songs with Keyboards. A New Audio Book in the Works.
Posted by: Juliette Appold
NLS is recording a book on how to write songs. It will be available to NLS patrons in the near future. Happy composing!
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Music Composition, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Popular Music, Song settings, Uncategorized
American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: M (Part 2 – McKinnie, Eric “Ricky,” and Montaño, José André)
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Today's American Composers and Musicians blog features two musicians: Eric 'Ricky' McKinnie, a blind gospel singer, songwriter and radio show host; and José André Montaño, an up-and-coming 14-year-old jazz musician, keyboardist and composer.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Gospel music, Hispanic American History, Jazz, Latin American Music, Latin Jazz, Latinx Music, NLS Music Section, Piano
Hamilton Musical in Braille
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Hamilton, the award-winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda is now available in braille. Learn what it took to transcribe this eclectic musical with hip-hop, rap, and gospel elements into braille.
Posted in: American Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Hip Hop, Rap, Uncategorized
Queen, Aretha Franklin, and Philip Glass Now in Braille
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Queen songs from the movie soundtrack "Bohemian Rhapsody," "20 Greatest Hits" by Aretha Franklin, and the "Piano Collection" by Philip Glass are now available in braille. NLS patrons can now download or borrow embossed braille scores of these popular works.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Minimalism, NLS Music Section, Piano, Popular Music, Soul Music, Uncategorized
American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: K (Part 1 – Kern, Jerome)
Posted by: Juliette Appold
American Composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was one of the most significant composers of musical theatre. His work is remembered in this blog which is part of the American Composers from A-Z series.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Broadway, Popular Music, Uncategorized
Bach and the Coffee Cantata
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This is the second post in a two-part blog series about the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, in honor of his 334th birthday last Thursday, March 21. The focus is on his Coffee Cantata.
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Johann Sebastian