New BARD Additions: July 2020
It is the end of July, and it’s time to let you know about the new audio and braille scores now available on BARD.
It is the end of July, and it’s time to let you know about the new audio and braille scores now available on BARD.
Independence Day has many associations: fireworks, barbecues, parades, and iconic military bands. In this week’s NLS Music Notes blog post, Carter Rawson explores the history behind one of our greatest national treasures, the United States Army Band.
As with many songs, “Take Five” has a story that is more encompassing than just the notes on the page or the sounds from a recording. It talks about overcoming obstacles, articulating a creative vision, and seizing upon spontaneity. In this week’s NLS Music Notes Blog, our series “Song Stories” explores the “Cool Jazz” standard, “Take Five.”
This week, as part of our series, “Song Stories,” learn more about the origins of the melody and lyric that lifted the spirits of the world during the Great Depression: “April in Paris.”
In this week’s blog, learn about Vincent Persichetti–an American composer, author, music publisher, and educator.
Now that we have reached the end of February, it’s time to let you know about new materials available from the NLS Music Section.
This blog post is an excerpt of an article written by Bettye Krolick for the Music Section’s quarterly magazine, Musical Mainstream. The magazine is still produced by the NLS Music Section and is available to NLS patrons in braille, large print, and audio formats. Bettye Krolick was a musician, author, educator, and braille music transcriber. […]
The NLS Music Section salutes the legacy of blind African-American composers and musicians.
It’s the end of January, and time to let you know about new materials available from the NLS Music Section.
Learn about the extraordinary life and music of American composer Leo Ornstein.