John Curwen, English minister and educator (died 1880)

John Curwen

English minister and diffuser of the tonic sol-fa system of music education

John Curwen 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…