Baby It’s COLD Outside!
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Highlighting winter and snow themed music from the NLS Music Section collection.
Posted in: Braille Music, Choral, Piano Music, Uncategorized, Vivaldi
Category: Vivaldi
From Baroque to Bluegrass, a Globe-Trotting Instrument
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Learn about the history of the mandolin and the mandolin lessons and scores that the NLS Music Section has to offer!
Posted in: American Composers, Arnold Schoenberg, Bluegrass, Classical Music, Country Music, Film Music, Folk Music, Instrumental Music, Italy, Jazz, Mandolin, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, Opera, Popular Music, Ragtime, Soundtrack, Uncategorized, Vivaldi
It’s Summertime!
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Now that the hockey season is officially over, there is only one major sport that is capturing the nation’s attention: baseball! I find that baseball is synonymous with summer, as it’s been played in the summer months for generations. I’m sure I’m not alone recalling warm summer evenings spent gathered around the radio listening to …
Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music History and Appreciation, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Recordings, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Tin Pan Alley, Vivaldi
Rediscovering a Classic
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
This blog is about being surprised, not by a new work, but by an old one I considered too familiar, one by a composer whose birthday was on March 4. It happened that a colleague sent me a score, and asked me to check something in it. I opened the file. There at the top …
Posted in: Braille Music, Music History and Appreciation, Piano Music, Vivaldi