- She wrote the textbook for sol-fa that achieved local fame and success. John Curwen took her concepts, expanded them, and became nationally famous and influential in Great Britain in the 1800's.
- She renamed the seventh degree of the scale "ti", which is still used today. The seventh degree used to be called "si" according to Guido in the 11th century.
- She did not invent solfege, which had already been used in ear training for hundreds of years. In fact, a form of solfege was used in Byzantine music and in China, Japan, Java, and still is used in India (Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa-Dha-Ni-Sa in India). Sarah Glover transformed movable "Do" solfege into a method for congregations to learn to sing Psalms.
- She popularized the use of modulator charts to instruct young people in Sunday Schools how to sing.
- She started off teaching school for poor children and Sunday Schools. From humble beginnings, to success: "....in 1857, she was present at the Crystal Palace to hear a choir of 3,000 children, using her notation, singing faultlessly, to an audience of 30,000."
- Her goal was to enable young people to sing hymns. She was successful. By reintroducing moveable tonic Do to England, the ability of congregations to sing hymns vastly improved. Mennonite congregations today still use solfege and moveable Do to educate their young people in hymn singing.
- The Glockenspiel Harmonicon designed by Sarah Glove is now on display at the Museum of Norwich.
Sources:
Bennet, Peggy. "Sarah Glover, A Forgotten Pioneer in Music Education." Journal of Music Education, 1984, Volume 32, No. 1.
https://music-ed.net/Curwen/history.htm
James, Derek. "Norwich Music Teacher Who Put the Sound in Music," Eastern Daily Press.
www.musicbywomen.org