| RefNo | HS/12/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from George A. MacFarren to Sir John Herschel, dated at 7 Hamilton Terrace |
| Creator | MacFarren; George Alexander (1813-1887); composer; musicologist |
| Recipient | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date | 21 November 1868 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Appreciates John Frederick William Herschel's beautiful simplification of the numerals in musical arithmetic. Wishes John Frederick William Herschel would give up the point of the variability of the supertonic and transfer it to the submediant. Agrees with John Frederick William Herschel over the need for a keyboard instrument possessing a perfect chromatic scale in any particular key. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 7 Hamilton Terrace |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11649
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |