MUSIC AND MATHEMATICSSunday, May 16, 2004location: First United Church Bach - Cantata 192 "Nun danket alle Gott" Dufay - Nuper Rosarum Flores Ockeghem - Missa Prolationem Webern - Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen Basic Pythagorean ratios underpin our notions of rhythm, melody and harmony. The notation of polyphonic music may have inspired Galileo's most influential theories. Goethe said "architecture is frozen music." Dufay composed Nuper Rosarum Flores according to the proportions of a Brunelleschi dome. Fractals, string theory, process philosophy inspire the creation of music. |