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From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP (MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Music & Philsophy
Message-ID: <249@whuxj.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-May-84 09:04:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 29 09:04:34 1984
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<munch, munch, munch, CHOMP>
The discussion about music (and by extension, most other arts) and philsophy
leads me to recommend an excellent book that discusses the interrelationships
between Bach's music, M.C. Escher's art, and mathematics that appeared several
years ago - it is "Godel, Escher, Bach, An Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas
Hofstader (who also wrote some mathematical diversion columns for
"Scientific American").  I agree that music is a form of philosophy (as are
many forms of human endeavor) and that certain composers have viewed their
music as vehicles for particular points of view (e.g. Wagner's notorious
anti-Semitism).
Regards,
Bill Mitchell
Bell Communications Research, Inc.
(whuxj!wjm)