this is another piece of music authored by blind tom. this piece is called the battle of manassas, and this peaks -- this speaks to tom's ability to re-create elves that he heard. >> ♪ >> the battle of manassas was one of the first battles of the civil war. people who heard this piece performed at had been on the battlefield said it was a more shocking how accurately tom was able to use the sounds of the piano to mimic sounds that will be heard on a typical battlefield. this document is very typical of the concert programs you would have received if you attended a blinded tom concert. you see here songs, sketch of the life of blind tom, here in image of the adult tom, again, you see him depicted with his eyes closed, inside there is an account of tom's life. on the back is a typical concert program. tom wiggins received a claim across the world. by some accounts he was the highest grossing musical artist of the entire 19th century. unfortunately, because of his race, and because of his disabilities, he never saw a sense of that money. tha

you see here songs, sketch of the life of blind tom. you have an image of the adult tom. him depicted with his eyes closed. inside, there is an account of tom's life, and on the back, a typical concert program. tom wiggins received acclaim across the world. by some accounts, he was the highest grossing musical artist of the entire 19th century. unfortunately, because of his race, because of his disability, he never saw a send of that money. at one point, a newspaper article reported that tom had only the clothes on his back and one silver flute, which have been presented to him as a gift by one of his flute teachers in new york city. towards the end of his life, he had to stop performing after suffering a series of strokes. there are many different stories about his death and what exactly happened, but the most commonly accepted version is that he passed away in hoboken new jersey. there are two gravesites associated with tom, one in hoboken, and one near his original birthplace in harris county. we really hope visitors to the columbus museum come away with a greater appr

his stage name was blind tom. he was born blind. and was what we probably now would call autistic. but he was a musical genius. he could hear a piece played on the piano one time, and then play it note for note. he composed some of his own music. that was mainly based on natural sounds like birds or thunderstorms. one of his famous pieces re-creation of a civil war battle on the piano. the sad part about blind tom's story, the family that owned him as a slave kept control of him all of his life. when the 13th amendment freed the slaves that family went to court and had tom declared mentally incompetent. so for the rest of his life, to the end of the 1900's. 1800's they toured him in europe and around the united states and they keep the proceeds from it. the other slave has a little bit happier story. his name was horace king and was the slave of a man who was in construction and was a bridge builder and he taught who are risking those skills. they really were more like partners than master and slave. in 1846 his master gave him his freedom. so horace king become as bridge builder a

you can see at the top, it says tom, the blind negro boy pianist , only 10 years old. we have an image of him here. he was most often photographed and drawn with his eyes closed. he continued to tour internationally, even after the civil war. however, through a

. -- blind tom. on after his birth and was discovered he was both blind and mute. though the terminology of the time referred to him as dumb today we would probably recognize him as autistic read specifically an autistic savant. tom could not communicate in traditional ways, he had a remarkable talent for mimicry. he was able to reproduce any sound or voice that he heard in nature or man-made. he also displayed a remarkable talent at an early age for music. being able to reproduce songs he heard just wants on the piano. despite having very little formal training. his owners quickly realized the remarkable child they had on their hands and had begin giving concerts in columbus. eventually they started touring him around the south in the country. he also wrote music. this piece here is one of his earliest pieces of sheet music you can see here at the top it says tom the blind negro boy pianist, only 10 years old. we have an image of him here, depicting him. he was most often photographed and drawn with

the sad part about blind tom is that family that owned him as a slave kept control of him all of his life so when the 13th amendment freed the slaves the family went to court to have been declared mentally incompetent so for the rest of his life to the end of the 1900's or 1800's their way to worry him throw united states and europe and would keep the proceeds. the other slave has a happier story. he was in construction and a bridge builder and he taught those skills there were more like partners and master and slave then he gave him freedom so then he becomes a rich builder across the south he built warehouses warehouses, mills he was renowned for the quality of his work and that is very unusual for an african-american person in the postwar south dennis civil-rights movement comes along and it is challenged one of the most important people in history dr. brewer was not under the control of whites as someone who actually work for a white person so he could be of little more independent causally challenging jim crow asking for parks, paved roads, a sanitation in the black neighborhood

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tom: blind luck. brendan: this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: spring is here.ld not know it from that shot. we look for a good week. we will be with you good friday as we look at the american labor economy. we have smart guests to get you through good friday. time for our single best chart. brendan: we changed some things. today's chart is a bloomberg bracket. the final four has been decided. kentucky edged out notre dame. duke will play michigan state. in the lead of our bracket people who put money down for charity. gary cohn dan gilbert -- tom: major shot -- major shout out to stephanie rule. brendan: on the bloomberg surveillance desk, there is one winner. that is one, thomas arer keene. i do not know if embarrassing is the right word. tom: here is what i did. it has a lot to do with investment theory. do not lose games. the way to not lose games is to pick the seeds. i have a couple wildcards but the goal is to go with it and not fall behind, just like investment. the cool thing which i am not qualified to talk about, when do you shift to actually choosing

blind. >>> remember this crazy scene? why the government is now cracking down on the internet's favorite lamb llamas on the lose. >> san mateo's tom brady goes over around here, we're all about fast. that's why xfinity is perfect for me. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at the shop now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! with the fastest in-home wifi and millions of hotspots xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. don't miss furious 7 in theaters april 3rd. >>> those runaway llamas that become a social media sensation are saying goodbye to the spotlight. they're making their last public appearance at a phoenix racetrack. the llamas led authorities on a wild chase after getting speak while visiting an elderly care home as therapy animals. the usda say the owners need a license if they want to continue to showcase the animals. >>> a ph.d candidate at uc davis isn't letting a vision impairment keep him from being the top of his last. in fact he says being blind helps him be a better chemist and allows him to teach his' peers about -- he use a 3d print

blind eye. we're forgetting about the things going on to civilians in syria. tome council on foreign relations, with mr. assad question of stability. not my opinion, but experts are wondering the legitimacy and stability of this regime. olivia: the western party has become too fight islamic state looks like al-assad is going to stay in place. that was my take away from the conversation with jonathan from foreign affairs. tom: this does folded to oil, which has been a bit out of the picture. you could of instabilities of oil. sri: you clearly can. one of the things that could push up the oil in the short-term otherwise, headed down in the next two months, but if you have a destruction of production centers in the middle east, that is one thing that can help. olivia, going to what you said about isis and the other problems you have in syria, the united states faces a conundrum. bashar al-assad as well as the u.s. a administration, both opposed to isis. by supporting his efforts, are you really hurting and increasing the problems? olivia: a similar question on whethe

blind sided the man with the pun that much broke his yaw. you are asked to call police if you have any information on who that young man is. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf held a town hall meeting on facebook today. the governor discussed his proposed budget with residents and was excited to be on line. >> this has been the first time i have done it. i'm 66 years old. i'm not as familiar as i should with social media but strikes me as a good way to get to a lot more people then we ever could before. >> reporter: governor wolf plans to have more of these facebook town hall meetings. >>> a local monsignor celebrates a big milestone today, "eyewitness news" was there at st. francis country house in darby where they had a cake and party for monsignor charles manahan who turns 200 years old. -- 100 years old. >> we want to know is what the secret to turning 100. >> unaudible. >> monsignor manahan, ministered in the philadelphia archdiocese, for 74 years. happy birth the day. >>> well, a a nice day to be inside and have a birth the day party. little rainy out there in some places. >> rainy and snow any some places too kathy. >> absolutely very snowy in t

tom cruise and that kate holmes are they still talking. >> they had a baby together. >> they say they are not on speaking terms they won't even communicate about their daughter siri. couple in 2006 blinded him with papers when he went on the movie shoot six weeks later. there was talk her concern about dedication over scientology was a driving force in the decision. >> well, yes. >> they don't talk at all. >> can you imagine. >> he is a weirdo. >> being here at work and someone bringing in papers. alex, we have papers. serving you at work. >> i cannot imagine. >> that whole situation is weird. >> yes. >> it is a far cry from those couch jumping days on oprah. >> yes. >> tom cruz. >> i love her. he jumped up on that couch. >> that was good. >> anyway. are we done with this story. >> no, she is saying he does president spend enough time with the child. >> we have asked to you show you this girl again and we asked you who is this? which rapper, there aren't that many white wrappers so i'm going eminem. >> mack more. >> yes vanilla ice. >> yes, it is haley matters. >> she's cute. >> my gosh. >> she's 19. >> that is something. >> okay enough of that because president obama has picked out h

blind eye to lance armstrong. they found that the organization ignored hence that he was doping because of his superstar status. those are your top headlines. tomeene: a number of stories today, the ecb is out in greece. greece is front and center. olivia sterns: there is in all of branch. there are reforms like using tourist as spies to crackdown on tax avoidance. he was diplomatic with his response to these proposals. we are in athens. walk us through the offering. it does not look like it's going to cut it in brussels? >> far from it. i am afraid that things have not bridge the gap that stands between greece and its creditors and the structures of the reforms. what they are demanding, a positive outcome would be a big surprise. olivia sterns: we saw headlines across the weekend that there might be a referendum in greece? is that possible? what with the consequences be? >> they could have a referendum on whether greeks what their dignity. the finance minister said more elections could be in place. the consequences are going to be vast. the economy will be in severe recession. i think we are running out of time. olivia sterns: we have so many

this is another piece of music authored by blind tom. this piece is called "the battle of manassas." it features sounds he was able to re-create. [piano continues] the battle of manassas was one of the first battles of the civil war. people who heard this piece performed said it was shocking how accurately tom was able to use the sounds of the piano to mimic sounds that would be heard on the battlefield. [[ianopiano continues] this document is typical of the concert programs if you attended a blind tom concert. you see here "sketch of the life of blind tom." you see him depicted with his eyes closed. inside, there is an account of his life. on the back, a typical concert program. tom wiggins received a claim -- accla acrossim the world. because of his race and his disability, she never saw one sent of that money. at one point, under super article reported that he had only the close on his back and one silver flute, which had been presented to him as a gift by one of his flute teachers in new york city. by the end of his life, he had to s