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Photograph shows Frances Densmore recording Native American songs sung by Mountain Chief (Sioux). (Source: Minnesota Historical Society: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/05/15/mpr-documentaries-song-catcher-frances-densmore-of-red-wing-and-artist-charles-biederman and researcher A. Walker, 2021)

Appreciating Native American Music

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Posted in: Braille Music, Interviews, National American Indian Heritage Month, Native American History, Poetry, Uncategorized

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Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: Six Chansons by Paul Hindemith

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Animals, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, Poetry, Song settings, Uncategorized, World War I, World War II

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Spain in Song: Rodrigo’s Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: Art Songs, Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille Music, Classical Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Poetry, Song settings, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Women in Music

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Song Stories: Two Tales of September

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Disco, Free Braille Music Scores, Large Print, Large Print Music, Lieder, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Poetry, Popular Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Richard Strauss, Soul Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Vocal music, World War II

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New BARD Additions: June 2020

Posted by: Juliette Appold

Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Classical Music, Country Music, Flute, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Piano Tuning, Poetry, Popular Music, Smithsonian Folkways, Uncategorized, Vocal music

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Rediscoveries

Posted by: Gilbert Busch

Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Choral, Poetry

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New BARD Additions: July 2019

Posted by: Gilbert Busch

Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Classical Music, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, New Acquisitions, Piano, Piano Music, Poetry, Song settings, Soundtrack, Vocal music

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Happy Fourth!

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Band, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Instrumental Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, March, Music Instruction, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Poetry, Talking Books, Vocal music, Women in Music, World War I

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Celebrate Walt Whitman with Braille Music

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Gustav Holst, Poetry, Song settings, Vocal music, Walt Whitman