Bibliography on absolute pitch (19th century )

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    + 1899

  1. Max Meyer (1899), "Is the memory of absolute pitch capable of development by training?" Psychological Review, 6:514-516.
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  2. Salomon Jadassohn (1899) A practical course in ear training;: Or, A guide for acquiring relative and absolute pitch, for use in all schools of music, for private teachers, and for self-instruction (Breitkopf and Hairtel).

    + 1892

  3. J Von Kries (1892), "Uber das absolute Gehor" (in German), Zeitschrift fur Psychologie und Physiologie der Sinnesorgane, 3:257-279.
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    + 1883

  4. Carl Stumpf (1883-1890), Tonpsychologie , Bd.1 (1883), Bd.2 (1890) (in German) (Hirzel, Leipzig).
    [Stumpf's autobiography: http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Stumpf/murchison.htm ]
    [google book (volume 2, in German))]

    + 1878

  5. G Allen (1878), "Note-deafness", Mind, 3:157-167.

    + 1877

  6. John William Strutt (1877) "Absolute pitch", Nature, XVIL, pp.12-14.
    [google book]
    [ well, this paper was probably about the physics of sound... ]

    + 1876

  7. AJ Ellis (1876), "On the sensitivities of the ear to pitch and change of pitch in music", Royal Musical Association Proceedings, 3:1-32.