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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
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Who are Baba Yaga and Gnomus? This blog shows how Mussorgsky represents them in his piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition," and what kinds of related NLS materials you may be interested in.
Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Folklore, Folklore-Russia, Instrumental Music, Music and Art, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized, Violin music, Women in Music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
What a Wonderful World this would be, dancing Cheek to Cheek, imagining to be Just a Gigolo: Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald's songbooks, and the piano version of Leonello Casucci's memorable song, are now available as digital braille music scores for you to download from BARD. Check out this week's blog to find these and many more new titles in the NLS Music digital collection.
Posted in: Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Water has served composers and musicians as a source of inspiration. How have they used it? This blog will highlight examples available for check-out from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Instrumental Music, Large Print Music, Lieder, Piano Music, Popular Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
We added more talking books and braille music for your enjoyment! This includes more Smithsonian Folkways recordings, a book on piano tuning, and braille music for piano, voice, violin, organ, and woodwinds.
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Classical Music, Country Music, Flute, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Piano Tuning, Poetry, Popular Music, Smithsonian Folkways, Uncategorized, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Queen songs from the movie soundtrack "Bohemian Rhapsody," "20 Greatest Hits" by Aretha Franklin, and the "Piano Collection" by Philip Glass are now available in braille. NLS patrons can now download or borrow embossed braille scores of these popular works.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Minimalism, NLS Music Section, Piano, Popular Music, Soul Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This is the second post in a two-part blog series about the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, in honor of his 334th birthday last Thursday, March 21. The focus is on his Coffee Cantata.
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Johann Sebastian
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was an American composer and pianist who combined European, Cuban and Latin American music styles in his virtuosic compositions, mostly written for piano.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Piano Music, Virtuosic Piano Music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This post provides a brief look at American composer Steve Heitzeg, and some nature-inspired works available from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers, Instrumental Music, Music History and Appreciation