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Remembering Ned Rorem

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Ned Rorem, who passed away last month at the age of 99, left behind a wealth of music and literature. For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about Rorem's life and creative works.

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New BARD Additions: June 2022

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in June 2022 by the NLS Music Section.

Posted in: American Composers, Arias, Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Cello, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar, Instrumental Music, Italian opera, Jazz, Lieder, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music, Recordings, Talking Books, Violin music, Vocal music

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Schumann’s Character Pieces

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

For this week's NLS Music Notes Blog post, our Braille Music Specialist Timothy Jones discusses Robert Schumann and one of his sets of Character Pieces for piano, "Scenes from Childhood."

Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind, Arias, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Circulation, Classical Music, Free Braille Music Scores, Guest Post, Instrumental Music, Library of Congress, Lieder, Louis Braille, Marrakesh Treaty, Music and Art, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Song settings, Uncategorized, Virtuosic Piano Music, Voyager Catalog

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Italian Songs and Arias: A Tale of Two Editions

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

The Italian Songs and Arias compiled by Alessandro Parisotti are perennially popular, and the Alfred edition is now available in braille from the NLS Music Section. But the older Schirmer edition still has much to offer. Learn about these two editions as well as the large-print and audio resources we have to help you practice this standard vocal repertoire.

Posted in: Arias, Art Songs, Baroque music, Braille Music, Classical Music, Italian opera, Italy, Large Print Music, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, Performing music, Singing, Vocal music