Category: New Orleans

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New BARD Additions: May 2020

May 28, 2020

This month we have a veritable bonanza of new talking books and braille music that we've added to BARD for your enjoyment! This includes two new podcasts from Smithsonian Folkways, a Nat King Cole songbook, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and braille music for flute and piano.

Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Bach, Blind Musicians, Bluegrass, Blues, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Cello, Choral, Classical Music, Flute, Folk Music, Golden-Chord, Guitar, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Labor, Leonard Bernstein, Mandolin, Music History and Appreciation, Nat King Cole, New Acquisitions, New Orleans, Orchestra, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Smithsonian Folkways, Spirituals, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Women in Music, World Music

American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: N (Part 1–Nickerson, Camille)

November 14, 2019

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

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.

Posted in: African American History month, American Composers, Folk Music, Large Print, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Orleans, Violin music, Vocal music, Women in Music