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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
The NLS Music Section salutes Sing With Your Child Month for March, 2022.
Posted in: Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Family music making, Film Music, Music Education
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
We continue our celebration of Women's History Month with programs from the Library of Congress featuring music made by women. You can now enjoy these concerts, interviews, and lectures as NLS talking books available from the Music Section!
Posted in: American Composers, American Folklife Center, Audio, Interviews, Library of Congress, Music History and Appreciation, Talking Books, Women in Music, Women's History Month
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
As we continue our A to Z journey through the NLS Music Collection, we take a closer examination of the Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" by Charles Ives, otherwise known as the "Concord Sonata."
Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Composers, Art Songs, Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Classical Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Leonard Bernstein, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Piano, Piano Music, Song settings, Uncategorized, Virtuosic Piano Music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
During Women's History Month, we celebrate Etta Josselyn Giffin (1863-1932). Giffin was the first director of what has become the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Learn more about some of her achievements in this blog.
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Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in February 2022 by he NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Audio, Bach, Black History Month, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Broadway, Classical Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Hip Hop, Instrumental Music, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Recordings, Talking Books
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
NLS Music Section salutes Marian Anderson, African-American soprano for African-American month February, 2022.
Posted in: Braille Music, Metropolitan Opera, Performing music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Music Section is pleased to announce the creation of a new catalog of holiday music. In today's post, preview songs around love and devotion, and dive into our collection of music for holidays throughout the year.
Posted in: Braille Music, Catalogs, Guest Post, Holiday music, Large Print Music, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Outreach, Valentine's Day
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we look at the incredible life of Francis "Frank" Johnson (1792-1844). Celebrate Black History Month with us as we pay tribute to an African American composer, band leader, and pioneer.
Posted in: African American History month, American Composers, Band, Black History Month, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, March, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
New BARD additions, January 2022 It’s a new year, and we’re still here! This month we have added more titles of music appreciation content from Smithsonian Folkways, and from our braille collection, more titles from our international partners via the Marrakesh Treaty. They include music instruction from the Tradition of Excellence series for flute, bassoon and …
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Marrakesh Treaty, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Uncategorized