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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
You know it’s coming, sooner or later this year must end. It has certainly been an interesting series of events, to say the least, and I will leave it there. Whatever your plans are for New Year’s Eve, the NLS Music Section wants everyone to be safe and take some time for reflection. And if …
Posted in: Audio, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, NLS Music Section, Piano, Popular Music, Rock n' Roll
Posted by: Katie Rodda
On this day, over two hundred years ago, a historic concert took place. It was in Vienna, in the middle of the Advent season, and Beethoven needed some money. “But, Beethoven,” you would say, “surely he was doing fine! He is Beethoven! Everyone loves him!” However, in Vienna in 1808, just because everyone loved you …
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music, Choral, Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Orchestra, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Since it’s back-to-school time, many folks find themselves looking for new projects, new topics of interest, and new hobbies. I sincerely hope that many of you reading this are hoping to learn how to play music or your favorite song, improving your already extant musical skill, or maybe teaching yourself about some topic in music …
Posted in: Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Golden-Chord, Instrumental Music, Jazz, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Stevie Wonder, Talking Books, Voyager Catalog
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Tomorrow’s opening ceremony kicks off the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A tradition for 120 years, this is the first time that the event will be held in a South American country. In celebration of this historic event, and as a representation of just how international the NLS Music Section is, this blog …
Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Hispanic American History, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Latin American Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
My attention recently was called to a very historic event; on June 2, 1896, Guglielmo Marconi applied to patent the radio. When we think of Marconi as the inventor of the radio, it is easily overshadowed by contemporary inventors of computers, 3-D printing, and copy machines. Don’t get me wrong, I am thrilled to have …
Posted in: Audio, Catalogs, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Interviews, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Rock n' Roll
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Do you want to learn how to play piano? We have a book for you! Do you want the libretto for your favorite opera? We have that as well! Do you want to learn about folk music from around the world? Well, we also have books about that. Many patrons get to know us through …
Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Catalogs, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Recordings, World Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
As we are exiting the period that can still be referred to as “the new year” and are approaching the season of renewal known as spring, we’d like to highlight some of our recent publications, namely our new catalogs. Although we’ve had blog posts about magazines produced by the Music Section (Musical Mainstream and Contemporary …
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Catalogs, Instrumental Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music, Talking Books