Who are Baba Yaga and Gnomus? This blog shows how Mussorgsky represents them in his piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition," and what kinds of related NLS materials you may be interested in.
What a Wonderful World this would be, dancing Cheek to Cheek, imagining to be Just a Gigolo: Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald's songbooks, and the piano version of Leonello Casucci's memorable song, are now available as digital braille music scores for you to download from BARD. Check out this week's blog to find these and many more new titles in the NLS Music digital collection.
Johnny Cash and Justin Bieber braille scores now available on BARD, as well as digital talking books on Russian string quartets and on Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Check out what's new on BARD in July.
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.
We are excited to have received funding from Susan D. Diskin to build a prototype laser scanning machine. Read about our latest braille digitization project.
This is the second post in a two-part blog series about the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, in honor of his 334th birthday last Thursday, March 21. The focus is on his Coffee Cantata.
This blog is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born on this day 334 years ago in 1685, The blog also provides information about available materials in braille, large print and audio formats from NLS.
Gondolas have been the subject of many artworks including Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Gondolas are part of the Venice cityscape and have an interesting history.
