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49. Mathematician Sarah Hart on Why Numbers are Music to Our Ears

People I (Mostly) Admire

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What Are the Pitfalls of Bringing Mathematical Ideas to Music?

Composers of the twentieth century relied heavily on mathematical foundations. Do you think that maybe math wasn't enough, and something more was needed? "If you put so much structure in that you have actolutely no control ofer what's going on, then it's almost indistinguishable from just random sounds"

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