J l truax biography
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J.L.Truax
Who is J. L. Truax?
John L. Truax, more commonly abbreviated to J. L. Truax, was an American composer active in the mid to late 1800s. He mostly wrote songs for the piano, many of which were very popular in his time.
The most remarkable thing about him, however, was that he was completely blind for most of his life, and learned piano without being able to see. Most of his songs have long been forgotten, but thanks to several libraries expanding their online content, the sheet music is now easily available to the masses.
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Biography
The details of Truax's life are difficult to find, and I have spent hours searching through Google and the Internet Archive to find what I have. A lot of what is written here is educated speculation, not necessarily fact, but this is at least the most concentrated source of information about him on the internet, if not in general.
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Truax was born in 1826 in Steuben County, New York State. He had several siblings, most notably Peter T