From:
George A. MacFarren
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.14
Summary:
Appreciates JH's beautiful simplification of the numerals in musical arithmetic. Wishes JH would give up the point of the variability of the supertonic and transfer it to the submediant. Agrees with JH over the need for a keyboard instrument possessing a perfect chromatic scale in any particular key.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project