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January 20, 1800
Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
Blind musical prodigy Mr. Lonsdale performs on four instruments simultaneously using mouth, elbows, hands, and feet, imitating a martial band with exactness to the astonishment of audiences.
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A Musical Prodigy.—That extraordinary musical prodigy, Mr. Lonsdale, (who has been blind from his birth) performs on four different instruments at one time, in imitation of a martial band: no one would suppose, were he not visible, but a band of eight or ten persons were performing, (he plays with his mouth, elbows, hands and feet) his pieces of music are innumerable, and which he executes with the greatest exactness and time, to the astonishment of every beholder: and from the accounts we have heard of his abilities, he is in reality the greatest wonder ever heard of.
[Lon. Pa.]
[Lon. Pa.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Prodigy
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Musical Prodigy
Blind Musician
Multi Instrument Performance
Martial Band Imitation
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Lonsdale
Story Details
Key Persons
Mr. Lonsdale
Story Details
Blind from birth, Mr. Lonsdale plays four instruments at once with mouth, elbows, hands, and feet, imitating a martial band so convincingly that it seems like eight or ten performers, executing innumerable pieces with exactness to the astonishment of beholders.