THE BLIND MUSICIANS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2299, 24 March 1898, Page 47

THE BLIND MUSICIANS.

The Blind Musician*, who bave recently arrived fro T\ Australia, open«ri a short saason in Dunedin ou Monda" nieht The c mbinatioa has been appe;u-:ns in diffesent centres iv the south, and it is griiifying to note that it has been accorded liberal support all along the line. Apparently all of tha blind performers are accomplished pianisrp, aud the manuer in which they interpret intricate cornpisitious, invol vin°r the display of considerable executive skill, is q.ui+e bewildering Those who contribute vocal selections have evidently undergone a careful course of teaching-, and they render their music with a tenderness and a pathos which pei haps the blind are alone capable of doing. Natiually a most interesting feature of a perf inuarsc'' given by 'he bb'u.i would be an illustration of the me'.hod-i whicli hava been devised to enable thaia to read. The Braille system of reading and writing has not unfrtqueatly been explained, and the generality of people are aware that it is composed of raited dots. The facility with which persons deprived of sighs can read a piece of literature^ or convey their ids.is ia the Braille system of writing is little short of marvellous, and that such wis recognised by Those who assembled on Monday i/veirng was made mauifeet by the frequent and s-pontaueous rounds of applau»e which frequently greeted the efforts of the performers.