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Posted by: Gilbert Busch
As we get closer to the birthday of Debussy, I recall my first experience of Impressionism. The piece I was to learn was not by Debussy, not by Ravel, but by a composer that you may not know. The 1965-66 school year had just begun when my piano teacher, the late Robert Koshan, handed me …
Posted in: Braille Music, Music Instruction, Piano Music
Posted by: John Hanson
THIS IS A GUEST BLOG BY DONNA KOH, Music Reader Services Librarian in the Music Section As a piano teacher, I’ve witnessed countless times how a student perks up when I start playing the teacher’s duet part during their lesson. It’s a great joy to see a smile spread across the student’s face as the simple …
Posted in: Performing music, Piano, Piano Music
Posted by: John Hanson
The following is a guest blog by Donna Koh, Music Reader Services Librarian in the Music Section. There are a few experiences in my life that I know I will never forget. One of them took place when I was 9 years old and living in Korea. One evening, my piano teacher called my …
Posted in: Braille Music, Piano, Piano Music, Ravel
Posted by: Katie Rodda
As we are exiting the period that can still be referred to as “the new year” and are approaching the season of renewal known as spring, we’d like to highlight some of our recent publications, namely our new catalogs. Although we’ve had blog posts about magazines produced by the Music Section (Musical Mainstream and Contemporary …
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Catalogs, Instrumental Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music, Talking Books
Posted by: Amanda Smith
Early winter has been unusually warm in Washington D.C. But now the temperature has finally come down, and it is in the teens and twenties. Recently, when I stopped to reflect on the idea of this year’s changing season, I thought of Vivaldi’s work of four violin concerti, Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons). Each …
Posted in: Braille Music, Music History and Appreciation, Performing music, Piano Music