Music is much more than just sound. The proof of that is in the time Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, experienced Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed by the New York Symphony Orchestra and broadcast on radio. It was in February of 1924. She placed her hand lightly on the speaker, and was so moved that she wrote a letter to the symphony to describe what she felt. Her words are beyond poetic, and will make you want to listen to that symphony again, maybe with your own hands on the speakers. The letter is also a heartfelt thank you to the musicians who made that joyful experience possible.
Now we all get to experience what Keller felt, as Gillian Anderson reads that letter as part of the Letters Live series. Anderson's comment about Keller being disappointed with her own voice saddened me. Every time I've heard Keller speak, I was impressed at how well she learned to do so, even thought speaking wasn't necessary for her to communicate. -via Laughing Squid
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That is one of the most moving, poignant, loving things I have ever heard. And she wrote it as a letter. Not a speech. Not a PR move. A letter. What an absolutely incredible person she was.
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