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Maths and Music (The Essay series)
Description: Maths and Music (The Essay series)
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 31 March to 03 April 2008 23:00-23:15 The mathematician, Marcus du Sautoy explores the connections between the creative art of music and the steely logic of maths. Part 1 - Counter-culture He starts by looking at the rhythmic complexities in Steve Reich, Messiaen, Ewe music from Ghana and a piece which lasts 1,000 years. Part 2 - The Music of the Spheres He examines Pythagoras' theories about the harmonious world, the thorny issue of temperament and why so many cultures divide the scale into 12 notes. Part 3 - Theme and Variations He reveals the symmetry in Bach's Goldberg Variations, the maths behind bell-ringing and Mozart's obsession with numbers. Part 4 - Composing with Numbers He looks at Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis' cubes and Messiaen's Mongean shuffle, and reveals that there is music in maths. captured from Listen Again, 128kbps, 44Khz, runtime 4 x 14 minutes Download link:
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