Helen Keller wrote the following letter to the New York Symphony Orchestra in March 1924. Heres how she describes listening to Beethovens Ninth Symphony over the radio: “Dear Friends: I have the joy of being able to tell you that, though deaf and blind, I spent a glorious hour last night listening over the radio to Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony.” I do not mean to say that I “heard” the music in the sense that other people heard it; and I do not know whether I can make you understand how it was possible for me to derive pleasure from the symphony. It was a great surprise to myself. . . .
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