"In sheer extent and richness of background, and number of works examined, Tatlow's book is a most original and impressive achievement that will need to be taken into account in future discussions of these fascinating compositions
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 gadget.Bach's Numbers: Compositional Proportion and Significance | Ruth Tatlow. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.