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Posted by: Katie Rodda
For this week's NLS Music Notes Blog post, our Braille Music Specialist Timothy Jones discusses braille music basics, including octave signs, with resources on learning braille music.
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille History, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about one of our newest items acquired via the Marrakesh Treaty: Francis Poulenc's Sonata for Flute and Piano. Commissioned by the Library of Congress and dedicated to Jean-Pierre Rampal , the Sonata has become a standard in the repertoire.
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Posted by: Juliette Appold
Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month 2022 with NLS and learn about Argentinian Tango. Listen to a recording from 1912 and find out about accessible NLS resources available for you to check out.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Hispanic American History, National Hispanic Heritage Month, Uncategorized
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in August 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
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Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we uncover another "hidden gem" in our collection. Join us for a deep dive into the music of the Texas-based Thai funk band Khruangbin.
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Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in July 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio, Bach, Baroque music, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Cello, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Italian opera, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Talking Books, Virtuosic Piano Music, Vocal music, Women in Music
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Born on July 14, 1912, Woody Guthrie earned the nickname "The Dust Bowl Troubadour" with the 1940 release of "Dust Bowl Ballads." In this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about the most successful album of Guthrie's career and how it influenced a new generation of artists.
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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.
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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."
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