Accession Number: 2017.27
Subtitle: A l'usage spécial des élèves de l'Institution Impériale de Jeunes Aveugles de Paris
Summary/Description: A transcription into "modern ink-print staff notation" of the 1863 French braille music book, a collection of organ pieces by composers Gabriel Gauthier, Marius Gueit, Julien Héry, and Victor Paul, all of whom were blind and had taught at the l'Institution Imperiale des Jeunes Aveugles de Paris (Institute for Blind Youth, Paris, France). Half-title: Recueil de morceaux d'orgue (1863). Editor's preface, introduction (including brief biographies of the composers), notes, and back matter in English. Includes bibliographical references. Transcribed from the original 1863 book held in the collection of the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind. Includes 5 plates (photo illustrations) of the 1863 book: half-title page, title page, notation key, alphabet key, and opening lines of Gauthier's "L'ardeur." Paperbound.
Author: Miller Harvey H., editor
Collection: Reference Collection
Credit Line: Gift of A-R Editions, 2017.27
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Publisher Place: Middleton, WI
Publish Date: [2017]
Subjects: Music for the blind and visually impaired Offertories (Music) Organ Music -- Scores
Physical Description: 267 pages, 5 plates : ill. ; 12 x 9 in.
