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What’s New on BARD?

Posted by: Juliette Appold

We’re happy to learn that our patrons are increasingly using BARD to download music materials. Let’s take a look at some new additions to BARD:   Audio Materials Classic Harmonica Blues by Smithsonian Folkways (DBM03629) Cowboy Songs by Smithsonian Folkways. (DBM03627) Flirting with Disaster. For guitar. Performed and taught by Bill Brown. (DBM03887) The Hammer …

Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Uncategorized

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American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: C (Part 2 – Copland, Aaron)

Posted by: Juliette Appold

In our last blogpost we introduced blind musician Francis Joseph Campbell. Today’s entry is about one of the most famous American composers who had close connections to the Library of Congress: Aaron Copland. Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 14, 1900. He studied music from an early age and received formal …

Posted in: American Braille, American Composers, Braille, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Piano Music, Uncategorized