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Author Tatlow, Ruth, author.

Title Bach's numbers : compositional proportion and significance / Ruth Tatlow
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 411 pages)
Contents Bach's numbers -- Symmetry, proportion and parallels -- Unity, proportions and universal harmony in Bach's world -- Bars, compositional planning and proportional parallelism -- Three collections for strings -- Four in two collections for keyboard -- Two further collections for keyboard -- Two small late collections -- Two large late collections -- Collections of concertos -- Collections of organ works -- Great passions and cantatas -- Festive cut-and-paste projects : masses and oratorios -- Lost blueprints
Summary Ruth Tatlow employs theoretical evidence and practical demonstrations to explain how and why Bach used numbers in his published compositions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-395) and index
Notes English
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Subject Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 fast
Bach, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750 gnd
Bach, Johann Sebastian, (1685-1750) ram
Subject Symbolism of numbers in music.
MUSIC -- General.
Symbolism of numbers in music
Zahlensymbolik
Komposition Musik
Symbolisme (musique)
Talsymbolik.
Musikestetik.
Barockmusik.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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