Solresol

Solresol
Solfège: Sol-Re-Sol
Created byFrançois Sudre
Date1827
Purpose
Solresol script; solfège; musical notation; color spectrum
Signed staff notation; tonic sol-fa signs by John Curwen
Sourcesa priori
Language codes
ISO 639-3qso (local use)
GlottologNone
IETFart-x-solresol

Solresol (Solfège: Sol-Re-Sol), originally called Langue universelle and then Langue musicale universelle, is a constructed language devised by François Sudre, beginning in 1817. His major book on it, Langue Musicale Universelle, was published after his death in 1866,[1] though he had already been publicizing it for some years. Solresol enjoyed a brief spell of popularity, reaching its pinnacle with Boleslas Gajewski's 1902 publication of Grammaire du Solresol.

Today, there exist small communities of Solresol enthusiasts scattered across the world.[2]

  1. ^ "Scanned copy of F. Sudre's original 'Langue Musicale Universelle' publication" (PDF).
  2. ^ www.sidosi.org