- CURWEN, JOHN
- an Independent clergyman, born in Yorkshire; the founder of the Tonic Sol-fa system in music; from 1864 gave himself up to the advocacy and advancement of his system (1816-1880).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
CURWEN, JOHN
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