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Posted by: John Hanson
A couple of years ago, I received an email inquiry from an NLS music section patron wanting to know if we would accept gift braille music, from his personal collection. I said we would be glad to receive whatever he wanted to send. He, then, responded by asking if we could send him some empty …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille Music, Free Braille Music Scores, Music Instruction, Piano
Posted by: John Hanson
The following is a guest blog by Gilbert Busch, Braille Music Specialist in the Music Section. We braille music readers, knowing that many scores will never be in braille, are sometimes surprised when a work we need has already been transcribed. This is just what happened to me a few months ago. It was …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, NLS Music Section
Posted by: John Hanson
In 1863, the Imperial Institute for the Young Blind in Paris published a “Collection of Organ Pieces” —“for the special use of students at the Institute.” These pieces were all composed by professors of music at the Institute, all of whom had been students there also. They are Gabriel Gauthier, Marius Gueit, Victor Paul, and …
Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille Music, Institut national des jeunes aveugles, Louis Braille
Posted by: John Hanson
We have written – more than once – about Music Section patron Justin Kauflin. Last October, Justin performed a wonderful jazz set at the Library of Congress celebrating 50 years of service by the NLS Music Section, and demonstrating his prowess and creativity at the keyboard. Thanks to technology, Justin’s performance can now be heard …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Jazz, NLS Concerts, Piano
Posted by: John Hanson
The Music Section regularly adds new music to its collection. In this first post to address new additions, we highlight recently added titles that are in digital format. Each can be embossed and loaned in hard copy, if needed, but this list shows new titles in digital format. Strictly hard copy paper acquisitions are made through purchases …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille Music
Posted by: John Hanson
While reading through a Billboard magazine article that celebrates Quincy Jones’ 80th birthday, a Music Section staff person stumbled on a name that looked very familiar. In the article, from the March 16th issue of Billboard, she found that longtime NLS music patron Justin Kauflin was named one of the “Six Acts to Watch …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Jazz, NLS Concerts, NLS Music Section
Posted by: John Hanson
This post was a collaboration with Mary Dell Jenkins, Amanda Smith, and Katie Rodda. Welcome to the inaugural post of NLS Music Notes! This blog is designed to share information about the services of the Music Section and its special format music collection: in braille, large print, and audio. We are located in Washington, DC, …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, NLS Concerts, NLS Music Section