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mcgillcomposer

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Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow: An Essay On The Origins Of Musical Modernity

on: November 05, 2007, 03:38:44 PM

Has anyone read this? I have read some very good reviews and just ordered it. I want to know what other people think.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Bachs-Cycle-Mozarts-Arrow-Essay-Karol-Berger/9780520250918-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+%2527Bach%2527

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Re: Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow: An Essay On The Origins Of Musical Modernity

Reply #1 on: November 11, 2007, 02:08:32 PM

I have not read it, but it sounds interesting. The title seems to be based on the title of a previous book by the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, "Time's Cycle, Time's Arrow"--another erudite book with geology as the subject, and apparently a similar theme. Cycles and arrows are a way of looking at events and historical figures that give some insight and perspective.

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