January 5, 2023
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This week, learn more about how ancient dialects influenced the composition of one of Bela Bartok's most famous works, "Allegro Barbaro."
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October 27, 2022
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog lists our October additions to the BARD (Braille & Audio Reading Download) site.
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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.
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June 23, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
For this week's NLS Music Notes Blog post, our Braille Music Specialist Timothy Jones discusses Robert Schumann and one of his sets of Character Pieces for piano, "Scenes from Childhood."
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March 10, 2022
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
As we continue our A to Z journey through the NLS Music Collection, we take a closer examination of the Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" by Charles Ives, otherwise known as the "Concord Sonata."
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December 30, 2021
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
In this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, we bring you the latest offerings that have been added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download). Please enjoy this musical feast, and Happy Holidays from the NLS Music Section!
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September 23, 2021
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month. It is a time when we celebrate the generations of Hispanic and Latino Americans that have contributed to our society in positive and meaningful ways. On our journey through the treasures of the NLS Music collection, we recently came across a wonderful work written for organ by Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), the Toccata, Villancico y Fuga, Op. 18. While this work is performed by organists on a regular basis, the rest of us would benefit from learning more about both the composer and the composition.
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May 20, 2021
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Now that baseball season is well underway, the NLS Music Section invites you to learn more about "Some South-Paw Pitching" by Charles Ives.
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December 10, 2020
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post continues our series of American composers and blind musicians with Hungarian pianist Imré Ungár.
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