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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
The following post is from John Hanson, former Section Head of the NLS Music Section. Tomorrow is Good Friday. It is a major Christian holiday marking Jesus’ crucifixion. “Holiday” seems a little too joyful a term given its origin. But the stock market is closed. Wall Street has a holiday. For me, growing up, Good Friday was …
Posted in: Braille Music, Broadway, Choral
Posted by: Donna Koh
Continued from last week August Liessens was born in 1894 in Ninove, Belgium. When he was seven years old, he enrolled at the local school for the blind, headed by the Brothers of Charity (Frères de la Charité). Following that, Liessens was admitted to Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelle, a music school that boasts such famous faculty …
Posted in: August Liessens, Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Choral
Posted by: Katie Rodda
In honor of Black History Month, this blog post will highlight materials in the music section that are written by or about African American composers. These composers wrote in many styles, including popular, Western classical, jazz, gospel, and more. Here is some music by three Black composers that we have available in our collection. Harry …
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Braille Music, Choral, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Piano, Piano Music, Vocal music