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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Read how the NLS Music Section adds braille music scores from other collections via the Marrakesh Treaty.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Country Music, Guitar instruction, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Instruction
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, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Song settings, Uncategorized, Virtuosic Piano Music
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, Libretto, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Recordings, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog, learn more about one of the hidden gems in our collection: Paul Hindemith's "Six Chansons."
Posted in: Animals, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Poetry, Song settings, Uncategorized, World War I, World War II
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This is our last installment of the "American Composers and Blind Musicians from A to Z" series. In this post we take a look at Blind American musicians who we missed on the first round.
Posted in: Audio, Blind Musicians, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Country Music, Flute, Folk Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Nashville, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano Music, Popular Music, Recordings, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rock n' Roll, saxophone
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Learn about the artistic achievements and contributions of Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo and the lifelong collaboration she cultivated with her husband, Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo.
Posted in: Art Songs, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille History, Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music History and Appreciation, Song settings, Vocal music, Women in Music, Women's History Month
Posted by: Juliette Appold
A bouquet of musical flowers for you, available from the NLS Music Collection.
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Happy Spring, music lovers! We are thrilled to present the NLS Music Section's newest additions to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). There are new concerts and lectures from the American Folklife Center, instructional materials for piano and guitar by Bill Brown, and a new transcription for piano of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Uncategorized
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post takes a look at "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin on the eve of its 50th birthday. Materials from the NLS Music Collection on rock music and guitars are featured.
Posted in: Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Large Print, Large Print Music, Mellotron, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Popular Music, Rock n' Roll, Talking Books