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New BARD additions: June 2021

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in June 2021 by the NLS Music Section.

Posted in: American Composers, American Printing House for the Blind, Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Band, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Country Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, Organ, Piano Music, Smithsonian Folkways, Talking Books

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Song Stories: Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

For this installment of "Song Stories", we are going to explore how James Agee's prose and Samuel Barber's music came together for "Knoxville: Summer of 1915."

Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Composers, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Pulitzer Prize, Song settings, Uncategorized, Voyager Catalog

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New BARD Additions: May 2021

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Greetings, music lovers! The NLS Music Section has worked hard to add a variety of talking books and braille music to BARD this month. Check out what we've added for your enjoyment and edification!

Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Bach, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Music Transcribers, Broadway, Choral, Classical Music, Country Music, Film Music, Jazz, Leonard Bernstein, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Soundtrack, Talking Books, Vocal music

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Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: “Some South-Paw Pitching” by Charles Ives

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Now that baseball season is well underway, the NLS Music Section invites you to learn more about "Some South-Paw Pitching" by Charles Ives.

Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Composers, Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Broadway, Classical Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Instrumental Music, Leonard Bernstein, Libretto, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Song settings, Uncategorized, Virtuosic Piano Music

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Pirates, Sorcerers, and Gondoliers: the Life of Sir Arthur Sullivan

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Today we celebrate the birthday of British composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. Read about him and some of the materials by and about him in the NLS Collection.

Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Choral, Libretto, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Recordings, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog

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Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: Six Chansons by Paul Hindemith

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

For this week's NLS Music Notes blog, learn more about one of the hidden gems in our collection: Paul Hindemith's "Six Chansons."

Posted in: Animals, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Poetry, Song settings, Uncategorized, World War I, World War II

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American Composers and Musicians from A-Z: X-Z (Part 2 – “Those We Missed”)

Posted by: Katie Rodda

This is our last installment of the "American Composers and Blind Musicians from A to Z" series. In this post we take a look at Blind American musicians who we missed on the first round.

Posted in: Audio, Blind Musicians, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Country Music, Flute, Folk Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Nashville, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano Music, Popular Music, Recordings, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rock n' Roll, saxophone

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New BARD Additions: March 2021

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Happy Spring, music lovers! We are thrilled to present the NLS Music Section's newest additions to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). There are new concerts and lectures from the American Folklife Center, instructional materials for piano and guitar by Bill Brown, and a new transcription for piano of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Uncategorized