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June 27, 2024
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This month, the NLS Music Section has added many new titles to BARD (Braille Audio reading Download). Read on to find out about the latest offerings that include guitar and piano lessons by Bill Brown, "Never Grow Up" by Taylor Swift in lead sheet format, and Preludes for piano by Olivier Messiaen.
Posted in: American Composers , Arias , Art Songs , Audio , Bettye Krolick , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Broadway , Choral , Classical Music , Electric guitar , Flute , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Jazz , Library of Congress , Lieder , Louis Braille , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Piano Tuning , Pop Music , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Singing , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Uncategorized , Violin music , Virtuosic Piano Music
December 28, 2023
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For our latest NLS Music Notes blog post, we are very excited to announce our most recent additions to BARD! Read on to find out what braille scores and audio books are now available for download.
Posted in: American Composers , Arias , Audio , Baroque music , Bass Guitar Instruction , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Broadway , Classical Music , Holiday music , Library of Congress , Lieder , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Singing , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music , Voyager Catalog
February 9, 2023
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we learn the story behind Stevie Wonder's song, "Happy Birthday."
Posted in: African American History month , Black History Month , Blind Musicians , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Instrumental Music , Library of Congress , Music Composition , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Singing , Soul Music , Stevie Wonder , Talking Books , Voyager Catalog
January 5, 2023
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week, learn more about how ancient dialects influenced the composition of one of Bela Bartok's most famous works, "Allegro Barbaro."
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Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Classical Music , Folk Music , History , Instrumental Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Library of Congress , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music
December 8, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Ned Rorem, who passed away last month at the age of 99, left behind a wealth of music and literature. For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about Rorem's life and creative works.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Arias , Art Songs , Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Carnegie Hall , Choral , Classical Music , History , Interviews , Leonard Bernstein , Library of Congress , Libretto , Lieder , Music and Art , Music Composition , Ned Rorem , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Piano , Piano Music , Pulitzer Prize , Ravel , Singing , Song settings , teachers , Uncategorized , Violin music , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
October 13, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we take a deep dive into a piece that is often associated with the October tradition of Halloween: "Danse macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Classical Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Library of Congress , Music and Art , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Paris , Piano , Piano Music , Program Music , Uncategorized
June 23, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes Blog post, our Braille Music Specialist Timothy Jones discusses Robert Schumann and one of his sets of Character Pieces for piano, "Scenes from Childhood."
Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind , Arias , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Circulation , Classical Music , Free Braille Music Scores , Guest Post , Instrumental Music , Library of Congress , Lieder , Louis Braille , Marrakesh Treaty , Music and Art , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Song settings , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music , Voyager Catalog
April 7, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week we are celebrating National Library Week! This year's Honorary Chair, Molly Shannon, honors the work of her favorite librarian--her mother. Read on to learn more about the history and importance of National Library Week.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Braille , American Composers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille History , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Braille Technology , Circulation , Classical Music , Free Braille Music Scores , History , Instrumental Music , Interviews , Large Print , Large Print Music , Leadership , Leonard Bernstein , Library of Congress , Louis Braille , Marrakesh Treaty , Music and Art , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Performing music , Piano , Recordings , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Uncategorized
March 10, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
As we continue our A to Z journey through the NLS Music Collection, we take a closer examination of the Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" by Charles Ives, otherwise known as the "Concord Sonata."
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Art Songs , Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Classical Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Leonard Bernstein , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Piano , Piano Music , Song settings , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music
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