June 27, 2024
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This month, the NLS Music Section has added many new titles to BARD (Braille Audio reading Download). Read on to find out about the latest offerings that include guitar and piano lessons by Bill Brown, "Never Grow Up" by Taylor Swift in lead sheet format, and Preludes for piano by Olivier Messiaen.
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May 30, 2024
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in May 2024 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Arias , Art Songs , Audio , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Flute , Harp , Lieder , Music Composition , Music Education , Music Instruction , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Performing music , Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , saxophone , Stevie Wonder , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music
January 26, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in January 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Gospel music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Latinx Music , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Organ , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music , World Music
December 8, 2022
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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June 30, 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
June 23, 2022
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
June 16, 2022
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
March 31, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in March 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , American Folklife Center , Art Songs , Audio , Banjo , Bass Guitar Instruction , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Choral , Classical Music , Electric guitar , Folk Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Talking Books , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Vocal music , World Music
March 10, 2022
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."
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