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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Highlighting two young pianist composers and performers, Justin Kauflin and Kevin Kern.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille Music, Interviews, Jazz, Music Composition, NLS Concerts, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Queen songs from the movie soundtrack "Bohemian Rhapsody," "20 Greatest Hits" by Aretha Franklin, and the "Piano Collection" by Philip Glass are now available in braille. NLS patrons can now download or borrow embossed braille scores of these popular works.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz, Minimalism, NLS Music Section, Piano, Popular Music, Soul Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
American Composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945) was one of the most significant composers of musical theatre. His work is remembered in this blog which is part of the American Composers from A-Z series.
Posted in: American Composers, Braille Music, Broadway, Popular Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
Learn about Blind Willie Johnson, a Texas blues and gospel singer and guitar player who has had a profound influence on decades of musicians in diverse genres.
Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Blind Musicians, Blues, Gospel music, Guitar instruction, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Uncategorized
Posted by: Juliette Appold
This blog is a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born on this day 334 years ago in 1685, The blog also provides information about available materials in braille, large print and audio formats from NLS.
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music History and Appreciation, Uncategorized
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Although the 91st Academy Awards ceremony took place more than a week ago, we wanted to highlight some of the more famous film music and film-related music we have in the NLS Music collection! A few years ago, I wrote a blog post on composer Nino Rota, who, in addition to his film scores (Godfather, …
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Posted by: Gilbert Busch
Read about the braille music scores and books that we've added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) during the past month!
Posted in: American Printing House for the Blind, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Classical Music, Harp, Instrumental Music, March, New Acquisitions, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized, Violin music
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Learn to sing classical art songs and arias with audio lessons available from the NLS Music Section!
Posted in: African American History month, Art Songs, Audio, Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Catalogs, Classical Music, Joaquin Rodrigo, Lieder, Metropolitan Opera, Music Instruction, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Recordings, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog, Women in Music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
Gondolas have been the subject of many artworks including Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Gondolas are part of the Venice cityscape and have an interesting history.
Posted in: African American History month, Braille, Braille Music, Classical Music, Large Print Music, Piano, Piano Music, Uncategorized