[Menvi-discuss] Antique braille music primer

[Stephanie Pieck]

Yes; that's one unfortunate loss now that so much music is downloaded
digitally. There is nothing as wonderful as touching some of those old
braille books, especially the ones produced in countries other than one's
own. I have a wonderfully awkward, hardcover version of Prokofiev's Piano
Sonata in D Minor that I think was produced in Russia in the early 1900s.

Stephanie

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Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Antique braille music primer

Hello, all. I just thought I would report in on an old book I just received
from a friend. She got it when she was a young girl in the early 60s. It is
called primer of braille music and it is the authorized edition, 1930. It
was compiled by a special committee at the American foundation for the
blind. It was produced in New York on November 1, 1929. The text is in an
contracted braille and it provides basic reading lessons.  It contains all
the basic symbols and a few lessons on the layouts of coral and organ music,
along with explanations of various ways of presenting musical text,
paragraph, etc. A lovely blast from the past.

When I was a young girl in the 70s, I enjoyed noting how old the music was
that came from NLS. I think I got some music that was produced in 1918 and I
think those were the originals. Treasures for sure!
Chris

Chris
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