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Posted by: Juliette Appold
Check out new BARD additions with lectures on Music and the Brain, braille scores by the Beatles and by Beethoven, and much more! Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in: Bach, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music History and Appreciation, Popular Music, Ragtime, Stevie Wonder, Uncategorized
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Blind Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo is best known today for his Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, but he wrote many other works for guitar. Learn about four of these pieces that the NLS Music Section has digitized in honor of the maestro's birthday!
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille History, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Guitar, Instrumental Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Joaquin Rodrigo, one of the greatest Spanish composers of the 20th century, happened to be blind. Learn about how the essence of his artistry is to be found in his vocal music and how he became a poet, philosopher, and historian of Spain through his music.
Posted in: Art Songs, Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille Music, Classical Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Poetry, Song settings, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Women in Music