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Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post continues our series of American composers and blind musicians with Hungarian pianist Imré Ungár.
Posted in: Audio, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Virtuosic Piano Music
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Blind Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo is best known today for his Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, but he wrote many other works for guitar. Learn about four of these pieces that the NLS Music Section has digitized in honor of the maestro's birthday!
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille History, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Guitar, Instrumental Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post is a continuation of a series on French composers for organ and their compositions in the NLS Music Collection. This post reviews the life and works of Charles-Marie Widor, Marcel Dupré, and Maurice Duruflé
Posted in: Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Large Print Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Organ, Paris, Performing music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
We present American composers from different eras for their contribution to American music.
Posted in: American Composers, Bold Note Scores, Classical Music, Music Composition, NLS Music Section
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Joaquin Rodrigo, one of the greatest Spanish composers of the 20th century, happened to be blind. Learn about how the essence of his artistry is to be found in his vocal music and how he became a poet, philosopher, and historian of Spain through his music.
Posted in: Art Songs, Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille Music, Classical Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Poetry, Song settings, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Women in Music
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog, our series "Song Stories" looks at two different takes on the month of September.
Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Disco, Free Braille Music Scores, Large Print, Large Print Music, Lieder, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Poetry, Popular Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Richard Strauss, Soul Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Vocal music, World War II
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post takes a look at the life and music of John Cage, along with relevant materials from the NLS Music Collection.
Posted in: American Composers, Arnold Schoenberg, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, John Cage, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Organ, Piano, Piano Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog take a brief look at the life of composer Domenico Scarlatti, and lists materials by and about him in the NLS music collection.
Posted in: Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Golden-Chord, Harpsichord, Instrumental Music, Large Print Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Piano, Piano Music, Talking Books
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week, as part of our series, "Song Stories," learn more about the origins of the melody and lyric that lifted the spirits of the world during the Great Depression: "April in Paris."
Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Free Braille Music Scores, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Paris, Piano, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog