The British Musical Biography

[E] Brown, Colin, musician and theoretical
writer, was born at Liverpool, August 25, 1818.
He was descended from an Argyleshire family.
Euing lecturer on Music in Anderson's Col-
lege, Glasgow, from 1868. He died at Hill-
head, Glasgow, December 19, 1896.

[W] Works. — Music in Common Things, Part
I. : Analysis of a Musical Sound, and the
Production therefrom of the Musical Scale,
1874; Part 2: Mathematical and Mus-ical
Relations of the Scale, shewing the Principles,
Construction, and Tuning of the Natural
Fingerboard with Perfect Intonation, 1876 ;
Part 4 : Music in Speech and Speech in Music,
Glasgow, 1870. Songs of Scotland (with J.
Pittman) London, n.d. The Thistle, A Mis-
cellany of Scottish Song, with Notes, Critical
and Historical, Instrumental Accompani-
ments and Harmonies by James Merrylees,
Glasgow, 1884 [originally issued in parts] .

[+] Mr. Brown constructed an instrument called
the Voice Harmonium, founded upon the
Monopolytone, to which the principles of
perfect intonation were successfully applied.
The novel character of the keyboard, fully
described in " Music in Common Things,"
part II., will perhax^s act as an obstruction to
its speedy adoption. The Monopolytone above
mentioned is a small instrument for striking
on the keyboard of a pf., producing a perfect
unison, though sounding every note and dis-
cord of the scale. His harmonium was awar-
ded the first place at an exhibition of instru-
ments illustrating the same principle held in
London.

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