Category: Instrumental Music

Refined by: (Author) Juliette Appold; (Year) 2022

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

May 5, 2022

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

Hokusai's “Laughing Demon,” depicts an evil looking, wrinkled woma laughing while crushing the head of a small person in her right, long-nailed hand, held up to her right ear. She points with her left long-nailed index finger to the little bleading head. The woman is boney, wrinkled, has long fingernails, brown hair, and small horns on her head.

Seeing Music: Gnomus and Baba Yaga from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”

January 20, 2022

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

Refined by: (Author) Juliette Appold; (Year) 2022