Learn about Camille Lucie Nickerson, "The Louisiana Lady," who worked for the recognition and appreciation of Afro-Creole folk music through her scholarship, leadership, and art.
This guest post by music librarian Brian McCurdy continues our American Composers from A to Z series. This time we are looking at the life and work of composer Edward MacDowell.
On this Independence Day, I thought it would be nice to review some of the patriotic tunes we have in the NLS Music collection. In previous posts I’ve discussed the music of George M. Cohan and John Philip Sousa. We also have some posts about the Ohio State School for the Blind’s marching band by …
This blog is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born on this day 334 years ago in 1685, The blog also provides information about available materials in braille, large print and audio formats from NLS.