The British Musical Biography

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Lang, John

[E] Lang, John, musician, born at Paisley,
October 17, 1829 ; died at Glasgow, April,
1892. Inventor of the " Union Notation."
In this system the notes are indicated to Sol-
fa musicians by having the initial letter of the
various notes in the Sol-fa scale placed within
the head of the ordinary musical characters,
and so j)i"esenting a combination of both old
and new notations. A considerable amount
of music has been printed on this system.

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