The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has caused opera stages worldwide to go dark. This comes as a big blow to the musicians that perform them and the audiences that love them. Until such time as theaters can reopen, we have put together some resources to keep the fans happy at home. BPL Online Resources Music Online…
March Forth!
March 4th is National Marching Music Day, and the library is here to figuratively strike up the band. Learn more about marching music here.
Have You Hugged Your Guitar Today?
The rock guitarist and singer Joan Jett is quoted as saying, "My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am." If you are a guitarist, then that may really resonate with you. February 11 is National Guitar Day, and the library is here to help you celebrate…
Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack
Clapping games have been a favorite pastime of children for generations. They are found in all cultures. Learning them has been something passed on from one child to another. This has usually happened on playgrounds, but now some children are also watching videos on YouTube (like this one of two girls playing "Slide" and "Miss…
Be Resolved to Learn to Play Music
We've come to the time of year when we look ahead to the New Year and plan our resolutions. Perhaps you've resolved to learn a new musical instrument. Being a beginner is a wonderful thing. In Zen Buddhism, the word shoshin means having the attitude a beginner would have: open to new possibilities, eager to…
Let’s Go for a Sleigh Ride
“Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting tingle-ing too, come on, it’s lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you." These words in the introduction to Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" bring its listeners along for the ride to enjoy the glide of the sleigh, the trotting of the horses, and the jingle of the…
Klezmer Music
Klezmer Music is at its heart party music, and is often played at weddings and other festive events.
Music and Mental Health
"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast," wrote William Congreve in his 1697 play, "The Mourning Bride." It has been long known that music can have the power of soothing us when we are sad, anxious, angry, or otherwise upset. We seem to be instinctively drawn to particular music depending on our moods. The…
What’s That Sound? It’s a Theremin!
You're watching an old scary movie late at night and your hear a strange sound in the movie's soundtrack. How to describe it? Eerie, ethereal, down right spooky. It has almost a vocal quality. You think you may have heard it before, because it reminds you of the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations". What in the…
Illustrated Songbooks, Part IV
This post is part of the Illustrated Songbooks series. Songbook Illustrated by Kate Greenaway A Day in A Child's Life, music by Myles Birket Foster and illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Kate Greenaway was an English illustrator who was born in 1846. She’s best known for her illustrations of children’s books, especially the depictions of children…
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