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Reverend John Curwen (1816–1880) was an English Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Tonic sol-fa system of music education with the help of Sarah Ann Glover. He was educated at Wymondley College (subsequently Coward College) and University College London.〔H.C. Colles, et al. "Curwen." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 2 Jul 2008 Chicago. Curwen's autograph philosophical essays from University College are in the British Library, Add. Ms. 50752.〕 ==Background and biography== John Curwen was a descendent of the Curwens of Workington Hall in Cumbria, one of the oldest families in England, the male line proper being a direct descent from Eldred, a pre-Norman Englishman, whose son Ketel held lands in the Barony of Kendal. Orm, Ketel's son, inherited the Cumbrian manor of Workington.〔http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=1831-dcu&cid=0#0〕 Curwen was born 14 November 1816, at Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, the son of Spedding Curwen and Mary Jubb. His father was a Non-conformist minister, as John was also from 1838 until 1864. Curwen gave up full-time ministry to devote himself to his new method of musical nomenclature. Curwen married Mary Thompson (1816–1890) in May 1845. They had four children – Margaret, John Spencer, Spedding and Thomas Herbert. Curwen died at Heaton Mersey on 16 May 1880. His son John Spencer married Annie Jessy Gregg, who went on to write the extensive and influential series ''Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method'' based on her adaptation for the piano of John Curwen's method for voice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Curwen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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