February 9, 2023
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we learn the story behind Stevie Wonder's song, "Happy Birthday."
Posted in: African American History month , Black History Month , Blind Musicians , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Instrumental Music , Library of Congress , Music Composition , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Singing , Soul Music , Stevie Wonder , Talking Books , Voyager Catalog
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
July 28, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in July 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio , Bach , Baroque music , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Cello , Choral , Clarinet , Classical Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Italian opera , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Opera , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Talking Books , Virtuosic Piano Music , Vocal music , Women in Music
June 30, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in June 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Arias , Art Songs , Audio , Bach , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Cello , Choral , Classical Music , Guitar , Instrumental Music , Italian opera , Jazz , Lieder , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Opera , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music
June 23, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes Blog post, our Braille Music Specialist Timothy Jones discusses Robert Schumann and one of his sets of Character Pieces for piano, "Scenes from Childhood."
Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind , Arias , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Circulation , Classical Music , Free Braille Music Scores , Guest Post , Instrumental Music , Library of Congress , Lieder , Louis Braille , Marrakesh Treaty , Music and Art , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Song settings , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music , Voyager Catalog
June 9, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, our "Hidden Gems" series takes us to the Mississippi Delta as we learn about the life and music of Muddy Waters.
Posted in: American Folklife Center , Blues , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Electric guitar , Free Braille Music Scores , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Jazz , Large Print , Large Print Music , Library of Congress , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Rhythm & Blues (R&B) , Rock n' Roll , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Voyager Catalog
May 26, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in May 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Banjo , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Electric guitar , Flute , Guitar instruction , Gustav Holst , Holiday music , Instrumental Music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Singing , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music
May 5, 2022
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This blog celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month by presenting a composer who helped shape Hollywood's film music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957).
Posted in: American Composers , Film Music , Instrumental Music , Jewish American Heritage Month , Soundtrack
April 7, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week we are celebrating National Library Week! This year's Honorary Chair, Molly Shannon, honors the work of her favorite librarian--her mother. Read on to learn more about the history and importance of National Library Week.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Braille , American Composers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille History , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Braille Technology , Circulation , Clarinet , Classical Music , Free Braille Music Scores , History , Instrumental Music , Interviews , Large Print , Large Print Music , Leadership , Leonard Bernstein , Library of Congress , Louis Braille , Marrakesh Treaty , Music and Art , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Recordings , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Uncategorized
