Beethoven (1770-1827) Buzzing noises started at around 1796, according to Doctor Marage, who has studied his letters. Deafness broke out in 1798 and Beethoven had lost 60% of his hearing by 1801. In 1816 he was completely deaf. Beethoven was…
Dory Previn (1925-2012) singer songwriter with depression
Dory Previn (born Dorothy Veronica Langan; October 22, 1925 – February 14, 2012) was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet. During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist on songs intended for motion pictures and, with her then…
Neil Diamond (2141-), Post polio and epilepsy
Neil Young caught polio in Canada the same year as Joni Mitchell. The authorities placed those with the condition in isolation with chains across the door. This is reflected in his standard Helpless https://youtu.be/qOv9nwuC67Y?t=89 . Joni demonstrated solidarity with disabled…
James Victor Chesnutt (1964 – 2009) Spinally injured singer song writer
James Victor Chesnutt (1964 – 2009) Spinally injured singer song writer. Vic Chesnutt was a prolific and unusual songwriter with more than 400 songs to his name. Although in a local rock band in Georgia his talent as a singer…
Disability in Popular Song 2003
Disability in Popular Song My parents always shared their favourite music with us kids. My mother was a fan of string quartets and opera, my father, jazz. So, I don’t know where they got the compilation album Country Classics but…
Jazz and Disability Blof George McKAY
Jazz and disability: UK Disability History Month Leave a reply To mark UK Disability History Month (which is on the theme of music), here is a short piece taken from a chapter I’ve written about jazz and disability, to be…
Powerpoint for UK Disability History Month 2018
UKDHM Launch RR Devised and Presented by Richard Rieser Coordinator UKDHM
Music- Staff Benda Bilili from Congo
Music- Staff Benda Bilili from Congo Introduction If disability is part of human life is it reflected in music both with musicians and the content of songs and operas? Make a list of disabled musicians from the class Band Staff…
Lloyd Coleman Sounds of Disability
As part of an Arts Council funded programme of work, Dao is engaging with freelance writers to commission opinion pieces and interviews, instigating wider debate about music and disabled musicians that creates a greater understanding of where music sits with…
Day of Action on Disability Equality in the Education System gets support across the country. Meeting very successful
A woman speaks from a platform with campaigning pictures pinned to the table she is sitting at Union leads call for action on ‘silent massacre’ of disabled staff and students 0 BY JOHN PRING ON NOVEMBER 22, 2018 EDUCATION Focus…