Blind musicians Blind musicians Blind musicians are singers or instrumentalists, or in some cases singer-accompanists, who are legally blind. Historically, many blind musicians, including some of the most famous, have performed without the benefit of formal instruction, since such instruction relies extensively on written musical notation. However, today there are many resources available for blind musicians who wish to learn Western music theory and classical notation. Louis Braille, the man who created the braille alphabet for the blind, also created a system of classical notation for the blind called Braille music. This system allows the blind to read and write music just
The Blind Man and the Lame and an angel hovering in the background underlines the earlier Christian connotation of the emblem tradition. Honoré Daumier used Florian's fable for purposes of political satire in a caricature, "Blind system and paralytic diplomacy", published in "Le Charivari" in 1834. It pictures King Louis Philippe staggering under the weight of Talleyrand. Such treatment contributed to the emergence of the French idiom, ""L'union de l'aveugle et le paralytique"" ("the union of the blind man and the lame"), that drew on Florian's poem but was used ironically in reference to any unpromising partnership. Another such appears in a poster by Jules Grandjouan