September 8, 2022
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.
Posted in: Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Classical Music , History , Large Print , Large Print Music , Library of Congress , Libretto , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Uncategorized , Voyager Catalog
August 25, 2022
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.
Posted in: Bach , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Electric guitar , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Italian opera , Libretto , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Online Catalog , Opera , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Pop Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Rock n' Roll , Talking Books , Vocal music
July 8, 2021
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Villains and bad boys from the opera are explored in this blog from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Libretto , Music History and Appreciation , Opera
June 17, 2021
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this installment of "Song Stories", we are going to explore how James Agee's prose and Samuel Barber's music came together for "Knoxville: Summer of 1915."
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Pulitzer Prize , Song settings , Uncategorized , Voyager Catalog
May 20, 2021
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Now that baseball season is well underway, the NLS Music Section invites you to learn more about "Some South-Paw Pitching" by Charles Ives.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Art Songs , Audio , Bach , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Broadway , Classical Music , Electric guitar , Guitar , Instrumental Music , Leonard Bernstein , Libretto , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Opera , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Song settings , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music
May 13, 2021
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today we celebrate the birthday of British composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Read about him and some of the materials by and about him in the NLS Collection.
Posted in: Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Choral , Clarinet , Libretto , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Opera , Performing music , Recordings , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
June 25, 2020
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
April 30, 2020
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
With this BARD update, we are excited to announce two podcast series from Smithsonian Folkways, Tapestry of the Times and Sound Sessions. We have also added more piano by ear and guitar by ear instructional titles, along with braille scores for piano, organ, and flute. If you don’t use BARD or would like to borrow …
Posted in: Audio , Bach , Bluegrass , Braille , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Guitar instruction , Music History and Appreciation
January 30, 2020
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
It's the end of January, and time to let you know about new materials available from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , Accordion , American Composers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Clarinet , Classical Music , Horn , Instrumental Music , Johann Sebastian , Large Print , Large Print Music , Libretto , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Uncategorized , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
