19:(2 September 1866 – January 1935) was a British composer, pianist, and educator who invented a Letterless Method of musical notation. Her parents were Robert and Louisa Makin White. Mary Louisa, known to her family as "Louie," was the oldest of their four children. She also had a half brother and a half sister from her father's first marriage.
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White invented the "Letterless Method" of teaching music to beginners. The
Letterless Method used metal clefs, rings, disks, and black and white buttons for notes, which children could manipulate for tactile learning.
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with her sisters Jessie and Winnie from 1902 to 1903. At the time, Kensington High School was administered by the Girls' Day School Trust.
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Educational Times and Journal of the College of Preceptors (1900).
260:. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
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Sketch Book (Gavotte, Hunting Song, March, Minuet, Pastorale, Waltz)
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Educational Times and Journal of the College of Preceptors
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384:. The UCL Institute of Education. Francis Hodgson, London.
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291:"IOE LibGuides: White Family archive: Context"
317:International encyclopedia of women composers
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