BLIND BOY PRODIGY
SKILL ON PIANO HARMONY AND RHYTHM LONDON, Nov. 26. Born blind, three-year-old Paul Peacock plays the piano and the organ. He gave a semi-public piano recital at a neighbour’s house in Bristol, playing “Bless This House,” “Warsaw Concerto,” "Lily Marlene,” and “Holy Night.” Paul’s tiny fingers stretch only three notes. He made occasional mistakes, which he corrected, but his playing showed harmony and rhythm. His father says, “Paul has not had any musical instruction. He sits near the wireless, hears a tune, and goes and plays it on the organ in the next room. “His head does not reach the keyboard. We were astonished when we first heard him play. He was only 18 months old when he sat on his mother’s lap and played ‘You Are My Sunshine.’ ”
Legal and welfare experts have been asked to decide whether Paul should be allowed to play in' public. Meanwhile members of the local children’s cinema club are subscribing to buy him a piano.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 17 December 1947, Page 9
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