May 29, 2025
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This month, the NLS Music Section has added many new scores and audio programs to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download). Whether you prefer Bach, Broadway, or Korean folk music, there is something for everyone! Read on to find out about these exciting acquisitions!
Posted in: Aaron Copland , American Composers , Art Songs , Audio , Bach , Blind Musicians , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Technology , Broadway , Cello , Choral , Classical Music , Guitar , Harpsichord , Jazz , Library of Congress , Lieder , Marrakesh Treaty , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Outreach , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Song settings
March 27, 2025
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in February and March 2025 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Accordion , American Composers , Arias , Bach , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Broadway , Choral , Jazz , Libretto , Music History and Appreciation , National Book Festival , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Organ , Performing music , Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Recordings , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music
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
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
July 28, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in July 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio , Bach , Baroque music , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Cello , Choral , Classical Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Italian opera , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Talking Books , Virtuosic Piano Music , Vocal music , Women in Music
July 14, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Born on July 14, 1912, Woody Guthrie earned the nickname "The Dust Bowl Troubadour" with the 1940 release of "Dust Bowl Ballads." In this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about the most successful album of Guthrie's career and how it influenced a new generation of artists.
Posted in: American Braille , American Composers , American Folklife Center , Audio , Audio Preservation , Blues , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Folk Music , Folklore , Free Braille Music Scores , Guitar , Johnny Cash , Labor , Library of Congress , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , Musical instruments , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Smithsonian Folkways , Texas , Uncategorized , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
October 7, 2021
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
This blog reviews contributions from musicians, singers, composers and arrangers of Italian-American heritage.
Posted in: American Composers , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Italian-American , Popular Music Lead Sheets
September 2, 2021
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
As fall draws near, Brian McNeilly, the Music Section's Librarian-in-Residence, reflects on the changing of seasons and the work he has done at NLS so far.
Posted in: Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Braille Technology , Johnny Cash , Popular Music Lead Sheets
December 3, 2020
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
In this week's NLS Music Notes blog, learn about the incredible artistry of Jimi Hendrix--who challenged most preconceived notions of popular music in the 20th century to create a new space for music appreciation.
Posted in: Audio , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Electric guitar , Guest Post , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Rock n' Roll , Talking Books , Uncategorized
