Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Music and Its Masters / Braille

Music and Its Masters ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

171,859 braille cells · 182 embossed pages at 40×25 · 329 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.