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Bach and Pythagoras.

Authors :
Moller, Dan
Source :
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life. Aug/Sep2021, p9-11. 3p.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The article presents the views of the author on the works of Bach. Topics of discussion includes philosophers draw a connection between music and the cosmos and its creator. Bach's St. Matthew Passion is a ix of indifference and hostility. The Pythagoreans, reviews numbers as a guide to reality, analyzed that the music could be described in mathematical terms as the intervals between notes can be the ratios between strings.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10475141
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
151519178