John Curwen
(1816-1880)

educationalist, Minister, and developer of the tonic sol-fa method of singing

Died aged c. 64

John Curwen (14 November 1816 – 26 May 1880) was an English Congregationalist minister and diffuser of the tonic sol-fa system of music education created by Sarah Ann Glover. He was educated at Wymondley College in Hertfordshire, then Coward College as that institution became known when it moved to London, and finally University College London.

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

John Curwen, educationalist and developer of the tonic sol-fa method of singing, was a minister of this church and taught here 1838-1841

London Street URC Church, London Street, Basingstoke, United Kingdom where they taught (1838-1841)