The British Musical Biography

[E] Brechin, William, teacher, and inventor
of "Brechin's Stave Sol-fa Notation," was
born at Brechin, Forfar, 1824. He held ap-
pointments as precentor in Montrose, Forfar,
Perth, Leith, and Edinburgh. The principal
feature of his system is the employment of
letters, as in the ordinary Tonic Sol-fa, to
represent the notes, together with certain
signs to mark the duration. The notes are
written on the staff. In addition to the in-
vention of the Stave Sol-fa Notation, Brechin
has edited and compiled "Vocal Exercises,
Rounds, etc., in the Stave Sol-fa Notation,
forming a short course of Lessons in Sight
Singiiag in the key of F." "Congregational
Music, Psalms, Hymns, etc., in Stave Sol-faNo-
tation." "The Standard Scottish Psalmody"
(compiled from the foregoing) "Exercises in
Sight Singing"; " School Song Books"; "The
Stave Sol-fa Journal " (publishing in j)arts)
containing pieces b)- Croft, Beethoven, Mason,
Stevenson, Blow, Handel, etc." ; Two Books
of Swedish Songs.

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