| #1385941 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 2016-10-06 | Original language:English | 9.61 x.87 x6.69l, | File type: PDF | 430 pages | Cambridge University Press|||"Tatlow's approach to the subject matter is unique, and the vigorousness with which her methodology is applied has uncovered numerous new and unexpected facts. Bach scholarship cannot ignore her voice." Yo Tomita in Music and Letters 97/3 (2016),
In eighteenth-century Germany the universal harmony of God's creation and the perfection of its proportions still held philosophical, moral and devotional significance. Reproducing proportions close to the unity (1:1) across compositions could render them beautiful, perfect and even eternal. Using the principles of her groundbreaking theory of proportional parallelism and the latest source study research, Ruth Tatlow reveals how Bach used the number of bars to create num...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Bach's Numbers: Compositional Proportion and Significance | Ruth Tatlow. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
