The British Musical Biography

[E] Salmon, Rev. Thomas, clergjmian and
author, was born in 1648. He was educated
at Oxford University, of which he was M.A.,
and became Rector of Mepsall, Bedfordshire.
He died in 1677. He wrote " An Essay to the
Advancement of Musick by casting away the
perplexity of different cleffs, and uniting
all sorts of Musiclv, lute, viol, violins, organ,
harpsichord, voice, etc. in one universal
character." London, 1672. "Vindication of
an Essaj' to the advancement of Musick, from
Mr. Matthew Lock's Observations . . " London,
1673. "Proposal to perform Music in perfect
and mathematical proportions" London,
1688. " Theory of Music reduced to arith-
metical and geometrical proportions " (In
Philosophical Transactions, 1705).

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