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Archive for the Instrumental Music Category (124 Posts)

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Song Stories: Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday”

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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

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Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: Béla Bartók’s “Allegro Barbaro”

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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

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New BARD Additions: July 2022

Posted by: Katie Rodda

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

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New BARD Additions: June 2022

Posted by: Katie Rodda

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

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Schumann’s Character Pieces

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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

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Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: The Life and Music of Muddy Waters

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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

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New BARD Additions: May 2022

Posted by: Katie Rodda

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

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), bust portrait, facing left. Undated photograph in black and white. He is wearing a dark top. The picture is undated and the blog author estimates that it shows the composer probably in his late teenage years or early 20s.

Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month: Erich Wolfgang Korngold and the Shaping of Film Music

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Posted in: American Composers, Film Music, Instrumental Music, Jewish American Heritage Month, Soundtrack

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It’s National Library Week!

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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