February 23, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in February 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Clarinet , Classical Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Hammond organ , Jazz , Music Composition , Music Education , Music Instruction , NLS Music Section , Organ , Performing music , Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Talking Books , Vocal music
January 26, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in January 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Gospel music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Latinx Music , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Opera , Organ , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music , World Music
January 5, 2023
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week, learn more about how ancient dialects influenced the composition of one of Bela Bartok's most famous works, "Allegro Barbaro."
Posted in: Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Classical Music , Folk Music , History , Instrumental Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Library of Congress , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music
December 8, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Ned Rorem, who passed away last month at the age of 99, left behind a wealth of music and literature. For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about Rorem's life and creative works.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Arias , Art Songs , Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Carnegie Hall , Choral , Classical Music , History , Interviews , Leonard Bernstein , Library of Congress , Libretto , Lieder , Music and Art , Music Composition , Ned Rorem , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Piano , Piano Music , Pulitzer Prize , Ravel , Singing , Song settings , teachers , Uncategorized , Violin music , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
November 24, 2022
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
See what new music titles have been added to the Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) at NLS!
Posted in: Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Classical Music
October 27, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog lists our October additions to the BARD (Braille & Audio Reading Download) site.
Posted in: Accordion , American Composers , Audio , Bach , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Guitar , Jazz , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Virtuosic Piano Music , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
October 13, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we take a deep dive into a piece that is often associated with the October tradition of Halloween: "Danse macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Classical Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Library of Congress , Music and Art , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Paris , Piano , Piano Music , Program Music , Uncategorized
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
