Bach's testament : on the philosophical and theological background of The Art of Fugue / / Zoltán Göncz ; translated by Peter Laki, Erzsébet Mészáros

• Autore: Göncz Zoltán
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 787.4183092
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): LakiPeter; MészárosErzsébet
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Bach''s Testament; Contents; Series Editor''s Foreword; Introduction; Part I On the Philosophical and Theological Background of The Art of Fugue; 1 Permutations; The Book of Creation; Llull''s Ars Magna; Baroque Combinatorial Poetry; Leibniz: Dissertatio de arte combinatoria; A Special Type of Permutation Fugue in Bach; The Music; The Text; 2 The Algorithms of Perfection; The Bach Literature and Leibniz; Leibniz''s Metaphysics and Bach; Toward Simplicity; Toward Complexity; 3 Recursive Symmetries; The Structure of Genesis and Revelation; Punctus Contra Punctum; The Foundation ; An encoded errorTrias harmonica naturalis; A and Ω; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; Part II Reconstruction of the Final Contrapunctus of The Art of Fugue; Introduction to the Reconstruction; 1 The Analysis; The First Section; The Second Section; The Third Section; 2 General Issues of Continuation; The Size; The Form Design of Modulation; Interchanges of Voices; The Spacing; 3 The Reconstruction of the Third Section; The Combinations of the Three Subjects; The Combination Passage of the Third Section; 4 The Reconstruction of the Fourth Section ; The Combinations of the Four SubjectsThe Permutation Matrix; The Inversion Matrix; 5 Analysis of the Reconstructed Fugue; The Relationships of the Combinations; Numerology; Symmetries; Graphic Charts; Summary of the Reconstruction; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: In Bach's Testament: On the Philosophical and Theological Background of The Art of Fugue, Göncz probes the philosophic-theological background of The Art of Fugue, revealing the special structures that supported the 1993 reconstruction. Bach's Testament investigates the reconstruction's metaphysical dimensions, focusing on the quadruple fugue. As a summary of Zoltán Göncz's extensive research over many years, which resulted in the completion of the fugue, this work explores the complex combinatorial, philosophical and theological considerations that inform its structure. Bach's Testament is ide
• Titolo autorizzato: Bach's testament
• ISBN: 0-8108-8448-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460339903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contextual Bach studies ; ; Number 4.