The Holiday Music Catalog is a growing guide to music related to holidays, both religious and secular. It is divided by holiday and is alphabetized by name of holiday. The customary date, or range of dates for moveable events, is listed after the holiday’s name. Within each holiday, there are subheadings for what type of music is available (e.g., Audiobooks, Braille, and Large Print).
Most of the items in this catalog are instructions for playing specific pieces of music but interspersed are some music appreciation items. The music appreciation items generally appear in the Audiobooks subheadings for the relevant holiday. Each entry includes the name of the work, any available information on who authored it, the type of instrumentation if unclear from the title, and a book number to be used when searching for the work.
If an item is available on BARD, the book number allows for immediate downloading. If the item is not available on BARD, the item can be requested on cartridge or hard copy. To borrow music-related talking books on cartridge or hard copies of braille scores, please call the Music Section at 800-424-8567, ext. 2, or email us at [email protected].
Christmas (December 25)
Audiobooks
Anthology of the Sacred Carol. DBM01210
Away in a Manger, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02765
Away in a Manger, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For flute. DBM03251
Away in a Manger, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02249
Away in a Manger, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03303
The Bell. DBM00835
Christmas in Music. DBM00061
The Christmas Masterpiece. DBM00885
Christmas Time is here, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03464
Deck the Halls, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02199
Dr. Perlander’s Christmas Concert. DBM00895
EZ solos, Christmas Vol. 1, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02271
EZ solos, Christmas Vol. 2, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02272
EZ solos, Christmas, 1, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM01791
EZ solos, Christmas, 2, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM01792
The Family and Friends Book of Christmas Carols. For piano-vocal and easy organ. BRM29474
The First Noel, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02771
The First Noel, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For flute. DBM03263
The First Noel, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02247
The First Noel, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03326
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02775
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02248
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM02445
The Greatest Christmas Story Ever Told. DBM00875
Hark the Herald Angels Sing, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02245
Hark the Herald Angels Sing, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03511
Home for the Holidays. DBM00909
Johnny Marks and His Celebrated Reindeer. DBM00564
Joy to the World, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03518
Linus and Lucy, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03004
The Magnificent Inspiration of Bartholomew Buttons. DBM00956
Merry Christmas–Parang Style. DBM01211
Music from the Holidays. DBM00182
O Come All Ye Faithful, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02244
O Come All Ye Faithful, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03522
O Holy Night, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02787
O Holy Night, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For flute. DBM03258
O Holy Night, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02242
O Holy Night, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03523
O Holy Night, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano duet. DBM03960
O Tannenbaum, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03736
Silent Night, by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02791
Silent Night, by Bill Brown. For flute. DBM03261
Silent Night, by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02241
In the Spirit of Christmas. DBM00994
We Three Kings, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano duet. DBM04207
What Child Is This? Performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03752
Braille
Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful). For SATB with vocal or instrumental descant. BRM28833
Angels From the Realms of Glory, Hark the Herald Angels Sing. For voice. BRM29340
Carols for Choirs 2: Fifty Carols for Christmas and Advent. BRM25303
Carols for Christmas. BRM33061
Christmas Carols for Two Pianos. BRM36883
Christmas Carols: 14 Piano Duets. BRM28725
Christmas Duets, Level 1. For piano. BRM36880
Christmas Duets, Level 2. For piano. BRM36881
Christmas Duets, Level 3. For piano. BRM36882
Christmas Favorites Level 3. For piano. BRM36920
Christmas Piano Solos, Level 2. BRM28160
Christmas Song Favorites. For voice and piano. BRM13288
Christmas Songs: Words, Guitar Chords and Melody: Organ, Piano, Guitar and Chord Organ. BRM27964
Come, Children: Advent and Christmas Songs. For voice. BRM21788
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly. For SATB. BRM04609
Favorite Christmas Carols. For voice and piano. BRM29003
A Garland of Melodies. For treble recorder. BRM22564
Good King Wenceslas. For SATB. BRM04685
Happy Songs of Christmas. For voice. BRM35409
Nine Christmas Hymns. For SATB. BRM11198
O Come, All Ye Faithful. BRM29337
O Holy Night. For bass baritone voice. BRM36009
O Holy Night. For flute. BRM36971
O Holy Night. For voice. BRM36654
O Holy Night. For voice in C and piano, violin or cello obligato. BRM03738
Silent Night. For choral, SATB. BRM07335
Silent Night. For dulcimer. BRM36618
Silent Night. For high voice in E flat with piano accompaniment. BRM20555
Silent Night. For SATB with echo choir. BRM19198
Silent Night. For voice and piano. BRM13277
Ten Traditional Carols. For SATB. BRM10760
Ten Traditional Carols for Christmas. For SATB and organ. BRM04941
Twelve Christmas Carols. For voice. BRM08136
Large Print
Christmas Music for Piano Solo. LPM00057
Christmas Songs. LPM00330
Christmas Time. LPM00402
Favorite Christmas carols. For voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords. LPM00656
Let’s Go Caroling! LPM00118
My First Christmas Book: Carols for the Beginning Pianist. LPM00119
Selected Christmas Songs. LPM00038
Easter (Between March 22 and May 8)
Audiobooks
How Great Thou Art, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02741
How Great Thou Art, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For flute. DBM03254
How Great Thou Art, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02262
How Great Thou Art, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM02901
I Surrender All, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM02393
Old Rugged Cross, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For alto saxophone. DBM02747
Old Rugged Cross, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For flute. DBM03259
Old Rugged Cross, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02216
Old Rugged Cross, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM01764
Russian Easter Midnight Service. DBM04055
There Is a Fountain, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02948
Braille
Amazing Grace. For voice and piano. BRM22414
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again, by John Rutter. For mixed voice and organ. BRM23907
How Great Thou Art. For SATB chorus with piano accompaniment. BRM21218
In the End of the Sabbath: An Easter Song. For voice and piano. BRM35235
Light’s Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky: Easter Anthem. For tenor chorus. BRM36332
The Passion According to St. Mathew, by Johann Sebastian Bach. For voice with accompaniment. BRM24111
Saraband for the Morning of Easter: No. 2. For organ. BRM02721
Fourth of July (July 4)
Audiobooks
The Star Spangled Banner, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM03840
Braille
America the Beautiful. For voice and piano. BRM23465
America the Beautiful. For organ without lyrics. BRM29263
Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa. BRM00470
The Star-Spangled Banner, arranged by Joseph Hofmann. For piano. BRM23527
Large Print
Happy Birthday America. For voice with chords. LPM00415
Halloween (October 31)
Audiobooks
Spooky, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar. DBM02377
Spooky, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For guitar, Level 2. DBM02063
Braille
The Ghost in the Fireplace, by Theodor Kullak. For piano. BRM03232
Ghost in the Haunted Room, by Anthony Bert. For piano. BRM03360
A Ghost Story, by Walter Rolfe. For piano. BRM18252
Piano Recital Solos: Level 1. Contains the tune "Halloween Witches." BRM36876
Piano Recital Solos: Level 2. Contains the tune "Ghosts Dance on Halloween." BRM36877
Piano Recital Solos: Level 3. Contains the tune "Halloween Haunted House." BRM36878
Piano Solos: Level 3. Contains the tune "Ghosts on Halloween." BRM25705
Piano Solos: Premier Level. Contains the tune "Halloween." BRM24694
Hanukkah (Between November 28 and January 4)
Audiobooks
An-Sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble: Klezmer & Other Yiddish Music from New York. DBM04300
Flory Jagoda: Concert and Oral History. DBM04346
Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights. DBM00992
Braille
S'Vivon. For soprano voice. BRM36682
Juneteenth (June 19)
Audiobooks
Classic African American Gospel. DBM03632
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM04389
Wade in the Water: African American Gospel Volumes 1-4. DBM03768- DBM03771
Braille
Lift Every Voice and Sing. For chorus, bass part. BRM36627
Lift Every Voice and Sing. For SATB choir and piano. BRM36626
Lift Every Voice and Sing. For voice and piano. BRM29554
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. For SATB a cappella. BRM34695
Large Print
Lift Every Voice and Sing. For voice and piano. LPM00636
Labor Day (First Monday in September)
Audiobooks
Blue Collar Bluegrass. DBM03699
Classic Labor Songs. DBM03558
The Collector’s Paul Robeson. DBM03613
The Folkways Collection. Episode 12, Pete Seeger. DBM04122
Gazette: with Pete Seeger. DBM03651
Labor Ballads: Music of the Labor Movement. DBM00139
Protests of Pete Seeger. DBM00057
Braille
American Favorite Ballads: Tunes and Songs as Sung by Pete Seeger. BRM30421
This Land is Your Land. BRC00931
Large Print
American Favorite Ballads: Tunes and Songs as Sung by Pete Seeger. LPM00030
New Year’s (January 1)
Audiobooks
Auld Lang Syne, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03487
Braille
Everybody’s Favorite Violin Solos. Contains the tune "Auld Lang Syne." BRM12907
The Oxford School Music Books. For voice and recorder. Contains the tune "Auld Lang Syne." BRM01589
Scottish Tunes for Young Pianists. Contains the tune ‘"Auld Lang Syne." BRM19554
Passover (Between March 25 and May 1)
Audiobooks
An-Sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble: Klezmer & Other Yiddish Music from New York. DBM04300
Flory Jagoda: Concert and Oral History. DBM04346
Braille
The Seven-Branched Candelabra, by Darius Milhaud. For piano. BRM23199
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
Audio Books
Danny Boy, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM02951
Intro to the Penny Whistle. DBM02589
Learning the Irish Fiddle. DBM01306
Braille
40 O’Carolan Tunes for All Harps. For harps and chords. BRM32673
50 Irish Melodies for All Harps. BRM35992
The Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems. For traditional instruments. BRM29896
Danny Boy. For voice in D and piano. BRM03654
Old Song Favorites: Part 2, Patriotic Songs. For voice and piano. Contains the tunes "Killarney," "St. Patrick’s Day," and "The Wearing of the Green." BRM13158
Large Print
Seventeen Irish Songs. For piano. LPM00356
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Special. DBM00921
Valentine’s Day (February 14)
Audiobooks
All You Need Is Love, performed and taught by Bill Brown. For piano. DBM03976
Be My Love. DBM00807
Be My Valentine. DBM01003
Love Songs: The Hidden History. DBM04254
Braille
And I Love You So, by Donald George McLean. For voice and piano. BRM23057
And I Love You So, by Donald George McLean. For voice and piano. BRM23057
Because You Loved Me, by Diane Warren. For piano vocal and chords. BRT37159
Can You Feel the Love Tonight, by Elton John. For voice and piano. BRM34927
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You, by Bryan Adams. For voice and piano. BRM34934
Ich Liebe Dich, By Ludwig van Beethoven. For voice and piano. BRM25001
Liebesfreud¸ by Fritz Kreisler. For violin and piano. BRM23330
Never Ending Song of Love, by Delaney Bramlett. For voice and piano. BRM30604
Silly Love Songs, by Paul McCartney. For voice and piano. BRM24027
Six Love Songs, by Johannes Brahms. For SATB and piano. BRM04879
Will You Be My Valentine? by Lucina Jewell. For piano. BRM09670
Large Print
Ich liebe dich, by Ludwig van Beethoven. For high voice. LPM00013
Liebesfreud, by Fritz Kreisler. For xylophone solo. LPM00364
Liebestraum, by Franz Liszt. For piano. LPM00595
Love and Blues Songs. For voice. LPM00377
Last updated February 10, 2022