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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
This blog celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month by presenting a composer who helped shape Hollywood's film music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957).
Posted in: American Composers, Film Music, Instrumental Music, Jewish American Heritage Month, Soundtrack
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Welcome to our new blog-series, in which we will feature American Music treasures available in the NLS Music Collection, starting with letter A and going through the alphabet. This blog will feature the "Arkansas Traveler" and its stories. We hope you enjoy our snapshots into American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection.
Posted in: American Composers, Bluegrass, Folk Music, State Song, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
George Walker was a seminal American composer who won the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1996. Learn more about him and materials available at NLS in this blog about American Composers and Musicians from A-Z.
Posted in: American Composers
Posted by: Juliette Appold
We added more talking books and braille music for your enjoyment! This includes more Smithsonian Folkways recordings, a book on piano tuning, and braille music for piano, voice, violin, organ, and woodwinds.
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Classical Music, Country Music, Flute, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Piano Tuning, Poetry, Popular Music, Smithsonian Folkways, Uncategorized, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This week's blog features is part of our American Composers and Musicians from A to Z series. Can you guess whose last names start with the letters Q and R? Read the blog to find out!
Posted in: American Composers, Banjo, Braille Music
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
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
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Scott Joplin is probably the best known and most influential African American composer. He is famous for his piano rags. This blogpost is part of the series American Composers from A-Z, featuring a composer whose last name starts with the letter "j".
Posted in: African American History month, American Composers, Braille Music, NLS Music Section, Piano Music