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Posted by: Gilbert Busch
Read about the braille music scores and books that we've added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) during the past month!
Posted in: Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, Organ, Piano, Piano Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Read about the braille music scores and books that we’ve added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) during the past two months!
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Music Transcribers, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Music Education, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Talking Books, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Scott Joplin is probably the best known and most influential African American composer. He is famous for his piano rags. This blogpost is part of the series American Composers from A-Z, featuring a composer whose last name starts with the letter "j".
Posted in: African American History month, American Composers, Braille Music, NLS Music Section, Piano Music
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
Read about the braille music scores and books that we've added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) during the past month!
Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Classical Music, Harp, Instrumental Music, March, New Acquisitions, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized, Violin music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Blind musicians have been an integral part of music making for centuries.
Posted in: American Composers, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Jazz, Louis Braille, Music Education, NLS Music Section, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Piano Technicians Guild, Piano Tuning, Stevie Wonder
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Gondolas have been the subject of many artworks including Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Gondolas are part of the Venice cityscape and have an interesting history.
Posted in: African American History month, Braille, Braille Music, Classical Music, Large Print Music, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
This post is an overview of the braille music books added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) over the past month.
Posted in: American Composers, American Printing House for the Blind, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Music Transcribers, Choral, Classical Music, Golden-Chord, Instrumental Music, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Soul Music, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post highlights some of the pieces in the NLS Music collection inspired by the works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, who was born on this day in 1776.
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Libretto, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Talking Books, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was an American composer and pianist who combined European, Cuban and Latin American music styles in his virtuosic compositions, mostly written for piano.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Piano Music, Virtuosic Piano Music