François Sudre (1787–1862)

Jean François Sudre ( born August 15, 1787 Albi, † October 20th 1862 in Paris) was a French music teacher and inventor of musical language Solresol plan.

Sudre was after studying at the Paris Conservatory of Music teacher in Soreze. From 1817 he made ​​the first experiments with a musical world language, which he in 1823, a year after he moved to Paris to the public under the name of musical language ( langue musicale ) presented. In 1824 he practiced with his students Deldevez Ernest and Charles Lasonneur the function of this musical language and made with the two in 1825, a tour of France, to make known the musical language to a wide audience.

1829 named Sudre his musical language in telephony around and placed in the military as a means of communication before. Now created Sudre also be alphabet of the seven solfeggio and differ depending as the basis of universal language of music (La Langue Musicale Universelle ). 1833 led Sudre at an event at the Royal Academy of Art 's " musical language " in the press, and earned appreciative comments.

In 1866, four years after his death, published posthumously Sudres widow Solresol the grammar and dictionary of the Langue Musicale Universelle.

From July 2009 to December 30, 2012 existed in Aldingen - Aixheim the " François Sudre -Paul of Jankó Institute for the common good ", whose founder, the Janko Pianist Detlef Graul, ideas Sudres further developed and for the English language new designs from, with the aim the universal applicability and easy learnability most possible.