December 13, 2018
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
A brief glimpse at the life of Al Hibbler and some materials relating to him in the NLS Music Collection.
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Blind Musicians , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Instrumental Music , Jazz , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Popular Music , Rhythm & Blues (R&B) , Rock n' Roll , Talking Books , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Vocal music
October 18, 2018
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
A brief look at composer Frederic Ayres and some compositions available from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Transcribers , Classical Music , Large Print Music , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Piano , Piano Music , Vocal music
April 19, 2018
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
When I was in grade school, our chorus teacher let us hear a record called What Is Jazz (DBM00704), where tone color, blue notes, syncopation, and other aspects of jazz were described by a man named Leonard Bernstein (I assumed that he was a jazz piano player). By sixth grade I was listening to classical music …
Posted in: American Composers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Broadway , Choral , Classical Music , Jazz , Leonard Bernstein , Libretto , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra
