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Posted by: Juliette Appold
New BARD additions with Bill Brown audio titles and digital braille scores. Check out our blog to learn more.
Posted in: Bass Guitar Instruction, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Lieder, Music Instruction, Organ, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Piano Tuning, Popular Music, Uncategorized, Vocal music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
The Library of Congress presented Roderick Williams and the Bach Collegium Japan who performed Bach’s Cantata "Ich habe genug,” BWV 82. This blog offers some reflections of the composition, its performance, and offers recommendations for accessible music materials in audio and braille formats available to NLS patrons.
Posted in: Bach, Baroque music, Church Cantata, Johann Sebastian, Review, Singing, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in February 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Clarinet, Classical Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Hammond organ, Jazz, Music Composition, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Organ, Performing music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Talking Books, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in January 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Gospel music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Latinx Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, Opera, Organ, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Pop Music, Popular Music, Recordings, Soundtrack, Talking Books, Violin music, Vocal music, World Music
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Ned Rorem, who passed away last month at the age of 99, left behind a wealth of music and literature. For this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about Rorem's life and creative works.
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
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog lists our October additions to the BARD (Braille & Audio Reading Download) site.
Posted in: Accordion, American Composers, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar, Jazz, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Pop Music, Popular Music, Virtuosic Piano Music, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in August 2022 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Italian opera, Libretto, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Online Catalog, Opera, Organ, Performing music, Piano, Pop Music, Popular Music, Recordings, Rock n' Roll, Talking Books, Vocal music
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.
Posted in: Audio, Bach, Baroque music, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Cello, Choral, Clarinet, Classical Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Italian opera, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Opera, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Talking Books, Virtuosic Piano Music, Vocal music, Women in Music
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Born on July 14, 1912, Woody Guthrie earned the nickname "The Dust Bowl Troubadour" with the 1940 release of "Dust Bowl Ballads." In this week's NLS Music Notes blog post, learn more about the most successful album of Guthrie's career and how it influenced a new generation of artists.
Posted in: American Braille, American Composers, American Folklife Center, Audio, Audio Preservation, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Folk Music, Folklore, Free Braille Music Scores, Guitar, Johnny Cash, Labor, Library of Congress, Music Composition, Music History and Appreciation, Musical instruments, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Popular Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Smithsonian Folkways, Texas, Uncategorized, Vocal music, Voyager Catalog