Category: Jazz

For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we uncover another "hidden gem" in our collection. Join us for a deep dive into the music of the Texas-based Thai funk band Khruangbin.

Posted in: Audio, Bass Guitar Instruction, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Music Composition, Musical instruments, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Popular Music, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Talking Books, Texas, Uncategorized, Voyager Catalog

New BARD Additions: June 2022

June 30, 2022

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in June 2022 by the NLS Music Section.

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

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

June 9, 2022

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, our "Hidden Gems" series takes us to the Mississippi Delta as we learn about the life and music of Muddy Waters.

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

New BARD Additions: December 2021

December 30, 2021

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

In this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we bring you the latest offerings that have been added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). Please enjoy this musical feast, and Happy Holidays from the NLS Music Section!

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

IRENE is a digitizing machine that captures the audio information of grooves in a non-invasive manner through high resolution imaging. In the front of the picture is the machine that has a turntable with a laser over it. In the background is an enlarged photograph of the image of a recording's grooves as taken by IRENE. The grooves are vertical lines with some wave-shapes. The lines are represented in two shades of purple and separated by white lines in between.

American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: G is for Groove

December 9, 2021

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Groove - Where does the term come from, and what does it mean in music? In this blog we will talk about grooves and suggest a few materials available for check-out at NLS and other related information resources available at the Library.

Posted in: Audio Preservation, Jazz, NLS Music Section, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Uncategorized

Progressive Rock, Classical Influences

November 18, 2021

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Progressive Rock drew its inspiration from a number of influences. For this week's NLS Music Notes Blog post, learn more about the classical music that inspired Rush, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and many others!

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

American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: E—Eastman School of Music

October 21, 2021

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

In our alphabetical journey through the NLS Music Collection, we have arrived this month at the letter E. 2021 is the centennial of the founding of one of the world's leading music schools, the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Composers, educators, performers, and other music pioneers from this prestigious institution are represented far and wide throughout our holdings.

Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Braille, American Composers, Audio, Band, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Choral, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Large Print, Large Print Music, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Soundtrack, Uncategorized, Voyager Catalog

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