If the latest popular eong Mt is a "steal" from some melody that was the rage in the "gay nineties," a sftie.ntific song dictionary reeently invented and compiled by Dr. Sigurd B Hustvedt will deteet the plagiarism. Dr. Hustvedt, professor of English at the tJniversity of California, at Lo» Angcles, devised a card index of tunes based upon the "contour map" of the melody. The rising and falling pitch of the tune is represented by Symbols. For example, the opening line of Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes would be represented in the index by I2BAB2, each character denoting a melodic interval and each number an ascending interval and eaA letter a descending interval. The purpose of the dictionary is to prevent plagiarism and help to simplify cataloging oi musie.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 12, 29 January 1937, Page 13
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