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Remembering Ned Rorem

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Composers, Arias, Art Songs, Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Carnegie Hall, Choral, Classical Music, History, Interviews, Leonard Bernstein, Library of Congress, Libretto, Lieder, Music and Art, Music Composition, Ned Rorem, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Music, Pulitzer Prize, Ravel, Singing, Song settings, teachers, Uncategorized, Violin music, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog

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In Honor of Veterans Day: The Military Service of John Williams

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: American Composers, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Film Music, Interviews, John Williams, Large Print Music, Library of Congress, Music Composition, NLS Music Section, Soundtrack, Star Wars

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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

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Celebrate Women’s Music History with the Library of Congress!

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: American Composers, American Folklife Center, Audio, Interviews, Library of Congress, Music History and Appreciation, Talking Books, Women in Music, Women's History Month

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New BARD Additions: December 2021

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Broadway, Choral, Classical Music, Country Music, Electric guitar, Flute, Free Braille Music Scores, Guitar, Hammond organ, Horn, Instrumental Music, Interviews, Jazz, Johnny Cash, Juvenile Music, Latin American Music, Latin Jazz, Lieder, Louis Braille, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Opera, Orchestra, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music, Ravel, saxophone, Smithsonian Folkways, Song settings, Soul Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Violin music, Virtuosic Piano Music, Vocal music

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Progressive Rock, Classical Influences

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Bass Guitar Instruction, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Classical Music, Electric guitar, Flute, Free Braille Music Scores, Guest Post, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Hammond organ, Instrumental Music, Interviews, Jazz, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Performing music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano, Popular Music, Recordings, Rock n' Roll, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Vocal music

Photograph shows Frances Densmore recording Native American songs sung by Mountain Chief (Sioux). (Source: Minnesota Historical Society: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/05/15/mpr-documentaries-song-catcher-frances-densmore-of-red-wing-and-artist-charles-biederman and researcher A. Walker, 2021)

Appreciating Native American Music

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Posted in: Braille Music, Interviews, National American Indian Heritage Month, Native American History, Poetry, Uncategorized

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Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month: Exploring and Celebrating Our Diversity

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: Accordion, American Composers, Bass Guitar Instruction, Blind Musicians, Bossa nova, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Brazil, Folk Music, Guitar instruction, Hispanic American History, Interviews, Jazz, Latin American Music, Latin Jazz, Latinx Music, Mexican composers, Mexico, Music History and Appreciation, Music in Spanish, Music Instruction, Piano Instruction, Rock n' Roll, World Music

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A Tribute to Marian McPartland & “Piano Jazz”

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Posted in: Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Instrumental Music, Interviews, Jazz, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Musical instruments, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, saxophone, Talking Books, Women in Music