Library / Art / Musical Portraits / Braille
Musical Portraits ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition
Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.
Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt
351,990 braille cells · 372 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,887 unrepresentable characters omitted
⠉⠳⠇⠙⠀⠝⠕⠀⠇⠕⠝⠛⠻⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠑⠞⠑⠇⠽⠀⠑⠭⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠀⠓⠊⠍⠲⠀⠠⠮ ⠀⠍⠕⠙⠥⠇⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠝⠕⠊⠎⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀⠺⠔⠙⠀⠯⠀⠺⠁⠞⠻⠂⠀⠮⠀ ⠊⠝⠋⠔⠊⠞⠑⠀⠛⠗⠁⠙⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠯⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠑⠭⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀⠎⠳⠝⠙⠀⠞⠕ ⠀⠃⠑⠀⠓⠑⠜⠙⠀⠕⠝⠀⠮⠀⠏⠇⠁⠝⠊⠎⠏⠓⠻⠑⠂⠀⠎⠑⠑⠍⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠎⠅⠀ ⠓⠊⠍⠀⠞⠕⠀⠊⠝⠉⠇⠥⠙⠑⠀⠮⠍⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠉⠕⠍⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠎⠉⠊⠳⠎⠀⠷⠀ ⠮⠍⠀⠯⠀⠗⠑⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠉⠑⠀⠮⠍⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠗⠑⠟⠥⠊⠗⠫⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀⠍⠀ ⠎⠥⠃⠞⠇⠑⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠎⠲⠀⠠⠯⠀⠾⠀⠠⠺⠁⠛⠝⠻⠀⠮⠀⠍⠕⠝⠜⠡⠽⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀ ⠠⠉⠤⠍⠁⠚⠕⠗⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠞⠀⠁⠝⠀⠑⠝⠙⠲⠀⠠⠞⠗⠊⠌⠁⠝⠀⠥⠝⠙ ⠀⠠⠊⠎⠕⠇⠙⠑⠀⠯⠀⠠⠏⠜⠎⠊⠋⠁⠇⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠌⠗⠥⠉⠞⠫⠀⠘⠥⠀⠁⠀ ⠡⠗⠕⠍⠁⠞⠊⠉⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠲⠀⠠⠮⠀⠕⠇⠙⠀⠐⠕⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠸⠓⠀⠞⠕⠀⠇⠕⠎⠑ ⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠏⠗⠊⠧⠊⠇⠑⠛⠑⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠗⠑⠎⠊⠛⠝⠀⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠞⠕⠀ ⠃⠑⠉⠕⠍⠬⠀⠎⠊⠍⠏⠇⠽⠀⠐⠕⠀⠷⠀⠁⠀⠉⠕⠝⠌⠁⠝⠞⠇⠽⠀⠛⠗⠪⠬⠀⠸⠍⠲⠀ ⠠⠊⠋⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠌⠑⠏⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠀⠁⠀⠉⠕⠇⠕⠎⠎⠁⠇⠀⠐⠕⠂⠀⠭⠀⠊⠎⠀ ⠌⠊⠇⠇⠀⠷⠀⠊⠍⠍⠢⠎⠑⠀⠊⠍⠏⠕⠗⠞⠁⠝⠉⠑⠲⠀⠠⠮⠀⠍⠥⠎⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀ ⠺⠕⠗⠹⠊⠑⠎⠀⠱⠕⠀⠗⠁⠝⠀⠁⠃⠳⠞⠀⠺⠗⠬⠬⠀⠸⠮⠀⠓⠯⠎⠀⠁⠋⠞⠻⠀⠮⠀ ⠋⠊⠗⠌⠀⠏⠻⠿⠍⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠷⠀⠑⠁⠡⠀⠷⠀⠠⠺⠁⠛⠝⠻⠄⠎⠀⠺⠕⠗⠅⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀ ⠇⠁⠍⠢⠞⠫⠀⠇⠁⠺⠎⠀⠍⠕⠝⠌⠗⠳⠎⠇⠽⠀⠃⠗⠕⠅⠢⠂⠀⠯⠀ ⠞⠗⠁⠙⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠩⠁⠞⠞⠻⠫⠂⠀⠶⠂⠀⠿⠀⠕⠝⠉⠑⠂⠀⠐⠗⠲⠀⠠⠮⠽⠀ ⠛⠁⠥⠛⠫⠀⠉⠕⠗⠗⠑⠉⠞⠇⠽⠀⠋⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠙⠊⠗⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠮⠀⠺⠔⠙⠀⠴⠀ ⠃⠇⠪⠬⠲⠀⠠⠮⠽⠀⠏⠗⠕⠃⠁⠃⠇⠽⠀⠓⠑⠜⠙⠂⠀⠋⠁⠔⠞⠇⠽⠀⠏⠊⠏⠬⠀⠔⠀⠮ ⠀⠙⠊⠌⠁⠝⠉⠑⠂⠀⠮⠀⠏⠢⠞⠁⠞⠕⠝⠊⠉⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀ ⠠⠍⠳⠎⠎⠕⠗⠛⠎⠅⠽⠀⠯⠀⠠⠙⠑⠃⠥⠎⠎⠽⠂⠀⠮⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀ ⠠⠎⠉⠗⠊⠁⠃⠔⠑⠀⠯⠀⠠⠌⠗⠁⠺⠔⠎⠅⠽⠀⠯⠀⠠⠕⠗⠝⠌⠑⠔⠂⠀⠮⠀ ⠃⠜⠃⠜⠳⠎⠂⠀⠑⠭⠕⠞⠊⠉⠀⠯⠀⠠⠁⠋⠗⠊⠉⠁⠝⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀ ⠋⠥⠞⠥⠗⠑⠂⠀⠮⠀⠐⠕⠀⠓⠥⠝⠙⠗⠫⠀⠯⠀⠹⠊⠗⠞⠑⠢⠀⠎⠉⠁⠇⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀
These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.