Song Stories: April in Paris
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.”
Archive for the Free Braille Music Scores Category (20 posts)
New BARD Additions: February 2020
Now that we have reached the end of February, it’s time to let you know about new materials available from the NLS Music Section.
It’s All -Gci1g (Grieg) to Me: American Braille, Part I
“I can’t read this braille at all,” a coworker says to me one morning; “What does it say?” Moving my hand over the dots, I am reminded of an incident from childhood. My piano teacher had just handed me Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14. I had never heard of this piece (by Mendelssohn), so I checked the […]
Free Braille Music Offer: October
It’s that time again– our free braille music giveaway! We’ve been diligently sorting through all of our gift scores that we’ve received over the years, and adding many of them to the collection. However, some of the books are already in our collection, and we have no use for them. Especially now that we are […]
Free Braille Music Offer: September
It’s back! Yes, we are still giving away braille music (we have a lot of it) that we have received as gifts over the years. We are hoping to update these lists on a more regular basis. So check back periodically for a new list, or better yet–subscribe! There are more than 100 scores in the […]
Free Braille Music Scores: List No. 4
Dear Readers, This is the FOURTH post announcing a new set of braille scores that are free for the asking. There are more than 100 scores in the new spreadsheet list. As before, these are scores that have been received over the years as gifts from individuals, libraries and braille producers. They are duplicates of […]
Gift Braille Music – in-coming
A couple of years ago, I received an email inquiry from an NLS music section patron wanting to know if we would accept gift braille music, from his personal collection. I said we would be glad to receive whatever he wanted to send. He, then, responded by asking if we could send him some empty […]
More Free Braille Music Scores #3
This is the THIRD post announcing the availability of a selection of free braille scores. The response to our last offer was significantly better than the first. And we are gratified. In the new list we have many new listings and the total number is slightly greater than before. As before, these are scores that […]
Again, Free Braille Music Scores
This is the second post announcing the availability of free braille scores. The response to our first offer was good, but modest. So, in this post, not only are we offering a larger number of titles, but we are also trying to encourage more requests. These are scores that have been received over the years […]
Braille Music Offer: an experiment in gifts
This post announces the beginning of an ongoing project to make available -for FREE – excess copies of braille scores. This is not the first time that we have blogged about gifts. See this post by Mary Dell Jenkins. But this is the first time the gifts are going out, not coming in. These are scores […]