Thomas Salmon: Writings on Music - Volume II: A Proposal to Perform Musick and Related Writings, 1685-1706

This is the second volume in a two-part set on the writings of Thomas Salmon. Salmon (1647-1706) is remembered today for proposing a radical reform of musical notation (these writings are the subject of Volume I). Later in his life Salmon devoted his attention to an exploration of the possible reform of musical pitch and raised questions about the