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Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet (Book, New ed)
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Bach and the Riddle of the Number Alphabet (Book, New ed)
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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. By presenting a
thorough survey of different number alphabets and their uses in
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Germany, Dr Tatlow investigates
the plausibility of Smend's claims. Her new evidence fundamentally
challenges Smend's conclusions and the book sounds a note of
caution to all who continue to use his number-alphabet theory. Dr
Tatlow's painstaking 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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