How did Bach understand the concept of Phi? 1.618…? Here are a few examples where Bach highlights the “Golden Section” in a piece through either a fugal technique, a shift in musical language, or something else. Send us your most remarkable golden section moments!
For the first episode where I mentioned the golden section and Bach, click here.
Pieces covered:
Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Invention in C major, BWV 770
Allegro from Sonata in a minor, BWV 1003
Confiteor and Et Expecto from Mass in b minor, BWV 232
Contrapuntus 10 from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Phi as seen as a structural principle in BWVs 1001-1006, The Sei Solo Book One (Violin Sonatas and Partitas) will be written about soon!
Fugue in b minor, BWV 869
Performers featured:
Trevor Pinnock
Nathan Milstein
Sigiswald Kuijken (and La Petite Bande)
Ralph Kirkpatrick
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