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- Tatlow, Ruth, 1956-
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Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet
- 2006
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 1947 the theologian and musicologist Friedrich Smend published a study which claimed that J. S. Bach regularly employed the natural-order number alphabet (A=1 to Z=24) in his works. Smend provided historical evidence and music examples to support his theory which demonstrated that by this means Bach incorporated significant words into his music, and provided himself with a symbolic compositional scheme. Since then many people have taken up Smend’s theory, interpreting numbers of bars and notes in Bach scores according to the natural-order alphabet. Through a thorough survey of different number alphabets and their uses in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century German, this book investigates the plausibility of Smend’s claims. The new evidence presented here fundamentally challenges Smend’s conclusions and the book sounds a note of caution to all who continue to use his number alphabet theory. The research will fascinate all those with an interest in the music of J. S. Bach and German Baroque culture, and will be of particular importance for music historians and analysts.
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- Tatlow, Ruth
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Collections, bars and numbers: Analytical coincidence or Bach's design?
- 2007
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Ingår i: Understanding Bach: Web Journal of Bach Network UK. - Online : Bach Network. - 1750-3078. ; 2, s. 37-58, s. 37-58
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes the results of a long-term search for a historically-consistent theory of mathematical procedures in Johann Sebastian Bach’s compositions. The mathematical nature of Bach’s works has entered popular myth. Comments about the supposed numerical bases of his compositions date back to his lifetime, and were perpetuated in the obituary and later biographies. Theorists contemporary with Bach strongly imply that numerical ordering and the use of proportions were important to the composer, but tantalisingly they do not say how, nor with what a composer should order a composition or how he should create proportions. Was there a well-tried and tested numerical method underlying the general guidelines described by early eighteenth-century theorists? Did Bach use proportions to organise his works? And if so would it be possible to find them in his scores? Working from historical sources and the autograph scores the initial negative results of my research were overturned by an unexpected breakthrough which led to the formulation of the theory of proportional parallelism. The technical nature of the new theory is demonstrated in four parallel levels of numerical structure found in Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato, the six violin sonatas and partitas, BWV 1001-1006. That these parallel proportions are found in all compositions Bach published or transcribed in Fair Copy raises important issues for the Bach scholar and editor, and demonstrates the far-reaching scope of the new theory.
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- Tatlow, Ruth
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Editorial
- 2006
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Ingår i: Understanding Bach: Web Journal of Bach Network UK. - 1750-3078. ; 1, s. 91-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Tatlow, Ruth
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Editorial
- 2007
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Ingår i: Understanding Bach: Web Journal of Bach Network UK. - 1750-3078. ; 2, s. 113-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As editor and designer of volume 2 of Understanding Bach it was also my task to write the editorial outlining the contents, scope and vision for the journal
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- Tatlow, Ruth, 1956-
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N för numerologi
- 2007
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Ingår i: Tidig Musik. - Stockholm : Tidig Musik. - 1400-5123. ; 3:Tema Tal, s. 18-19
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Tatlow, Ruth
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N is for Numerology
- 2005
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Tatlow, Ruth, 1956-
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N is for Numerology
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Ingår i: Internet article. - London : BBC.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- “N is for Numerology” is a short article commissioned by the BBC for its non-stop Bach-fest throughout December 2005. The festival generated such popular interest in the background to Bach’s life and music that the BBC decided to keep the entire website in the public domain for the foreseeable future.
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- Tatlow, Ruth
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Numerical Ordering in Bach's B-minor Mass
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Ingår i: International Symposium Understanding Bach's B-minor Mass. - : School of Music & Sonic Arts, Queen's University: Belfast. ; , s. 551-, s. 434-445
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