Keywords
gematría
alfabeto numérico latino
número 14 musical symbolism
gematria
latin number alphabet
number 14
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Abstract
This research paper is the fruit of years of research dealing with Bach’s symbolism in his work, anticipated by the wise Albert Schweitzer in his book “Bach, le musicienpoéte” (1904). What some people consider to be but coincidences has become a truth beyond any doubts. However, some people affirm that Bach’s modesty would not allow him the use of numbers associated with his own person. The contents of this article pretend to demonstrate Bach’s intentionality beyond humble attitudes. The use of numbers associated to his person is considered in the present research as a teaching of preterits and forgotten compositional techniques of the great pedagogue Bach, codified for generations to come.
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DISCOGRAFÍA
Obras completas para órgano de Bach por los siguientes intérpretes: MarieClaire Alain (dos integrales), Michel Chapuis, Peter Hurford, André Isoir, George Richtie, Wolfgang Stockmeier, Helmuth Walcha. La obra completa de Clavecín de Bach por Bob van Asperen, Pieter-Jan Belder, Menno van Delft, Pieter Dirksen, Joseph Payne, Christiane Wuyts.
El Arte de la Fuga en las dos versiones de Gustav Leonhardt en clavecín. La misma obra en órgano tocada por Marie-Claire Alain, Davitt Moroney, Wolfgang Rübsam, Helmuth Walcha. Algunas versiones “orquestales” entre las que sobresale la del conjunto HESPÉRION XX dirigida por Jordi Savall.
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