Category Archives: Bach

Back to Bassics

Posted on 18/08/2008 by dougaj4

Browsing John Walkenbach’s non-Excel blog : The J-Walk Blog  reminded me that Bach hasn’t had a look in here recently, so here is a clip of one of my all time favourite musicians, Danny Thompson (playing here with John Martyn).  Plug … Continue reading →

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Bach and Newton

Posted on 04/04/2008 by dougaj4

Bach’s Music and Newtonian Science: A Composer in Search of the Foundations of His Art CHRISTOPH WOLFFhttp://www.bachnetwork.co.uk/ub2/wolff.pdf

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Crab Canon

Posted on 01/03/2008 by dougaj4

And talking of left and right, here is an appreciation of Douglas Hofstadters’s “Godel Escher Bach” (from which this blog takes its name): Godel Escher Bach wherein we find the excellent Crab Canon: Crab Canon

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Theme Music?

Posted on 29/02/2008 by dougaj4

Galaxy Dynamics by John Dubinski  “… Gravitas points clearly at ties between the ideas of Isaac Newton and the music of Bach. To do this with sounds and images that appeal to club kids and new music fans equally is … Continue reading →

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