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New BARD Additions – January 2019

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

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American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: H (Part 2 – Hibbler, Albert George “Al”)

Posted by: Gilbert Busch

A brief glimpse at the life of Al Hibbler and some materials relating to him in the NLS Music Collection.

Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Instrumental Music, Jazz, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Popular Music, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rock n' Roll, Talking Books, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, Vocal music

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Remembering the Father of the Blues

Posted by: Gilbert Busch

Today’s blog celebrates the career of W.C. Handy. Born in Florence, Alabama on November 16, 1873, William Christopher Handy became interested in music at an early age. His father, a minister, felt that music was an unwise career choice for him and, indeed, the young Handy experienced years of poverty and homelessness at first. But …

Posted in: American Composers, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Jazz, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Rhythm & Blues (R&B)