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Archive for the Song settings Category (15 Posts)

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Remembering Ned Rorem

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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

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Schumann’s Character Pieces

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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

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American Music from A to Z in the NLS Music Collection: I—Charles Ives and the Concord Sonata

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

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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New BARD Additions: December 2021

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Broadway, Choral, Classical Music, Country Music, Electric guitar, Flute, Free Braille Music Scores, Guitar, Hammond organ, Horn, Instrumental Music, Interviews, Jazz, Johnny Cash, Juvenile Music, Latin American Music, Latin Jazz, Lieder, Louis Braille, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Opera, Orchestra, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music, Ravel, saxophone, Smithsonian Folkways, Song settings, Soul Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Violin music, Virtuosic Piano Music, Vocal music

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Song Stories: Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Composers, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Orchestra, Pulitzer Prize, Song settings, Uncategorized, Voyager Catalog

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Hidden Gems of the NLS Collection: “Some South-Paw Pitching” by Charles Ives

Posted by: Brian McCurdy

Posted in: Aaron Copland, American Composers, Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Broadway, Classical Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Instrumental Music, Leonard Bernstein, Libretto, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Opera, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Song settings, Uncategorized, Virtuosic Piano Music

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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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Joaquín and Victoria Rodrigo: An Artistic Partnership

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: Art Songs, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille History, Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music History and Appreciation, Song settings, Vocal music, Women in Music, Women's History Month

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Triumph over Tragedy: The Love Story of Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo

Posted by: Lindsay Conway

Posted in: Art Songs, Blind Musicians, Braille History, Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar, Harp, Horn, Instrumental Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Orchestra, Paris, Song settings, Vocal music, Women in Music