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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
The NLS Music Section salutes Sing With Your Child Month for March, 2022.
Posted in: Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Family music making, Film Music, Music Education
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in February 2022 by he NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Audio, Bach, Black History Month, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Broadway, Classical Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Hip Hop, Instrumental Music, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Recordings, Talking Books
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post continues the NLS Music Section's series of American Music from A to Z. This week, we take a look at the life and music of Hazel Dickens.
Posted in: American Composers, American Folklife Center, Audio, Banjo, Bluegrass, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Country Music, Folk Music, Guitar, Labor, Mandolin, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways, Talking Books, Women in Music
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, 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
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today we celebrate the birthday of Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and music pedagogue Zoltán Kodály. We take a look at his life and his works available in the NLS Music Collection.
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Juvenile Music, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano Instruction, Piano Music
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Happy Thanksgiving, music lovers! Here in the NLS Music Section, we're thankful that we were able to add so many talking books and braille music scores to BARD during the past month. Check out what's new and available to download!
Posted in: American Composers, Arnold Schoenberg, Bach, Bassoon, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Flute, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Organ
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
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month. It is a time when we celebrate the generations of Hispanic and Latino Americans that have contributed to our society in positive and meaningful ways. On our journey through the treasures of the NLS Music collection, we recently came across a wonderful work written for organ by Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), the Toccata, Villancico y Fuga, Op. 18. While this work is performed by organists on a regular basis, the rest of us would benefit from learning more about both the composer and the composition.
Posted in: Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Classical Music, Flute, Free Braille Music Scores, Hispanic American History, Instrumental Music, Juilliard School, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Piano, Piano Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Virtuosic Piano Music, Voyager Catalog
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Head back to school with new braille music and new educational materials from the NLS Music Section! We have many new books for learning to read braille music, a variety of band instruments, and the piano.
Posted in: Band, Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Flute, Horn, Juvenile Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Education, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, New Acquisitions, Piano, saxophone, teachers, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, Vocal music