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DTSTART:20170307T180500Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Bach's integration of complexity and simplicity\, Chaos & Comp
 lex Systems Seminar\, Trevor Stephenson\, Harpsicord
DESCRIPTION:Part of the miracle of Bach’s music is that no matter ho
 w contrapuntally layered and complex a piece becomes\, the idea and th
 e meaning are never lost. Using several examples from Bach’s The Wel
 l-tempered Clavier\, I will bring play and discuss how Bach achieves c
 larity within extremely complex systems. I'll also look at how Bach de
 als with near-chaotic material\, such as the fugue subjects that appro
 ach a-tonality\; we'd look at how he breaks down a sense of key\, and 
 then rebuilds it. I’ll also show how the unique tuning (tempering) m
 ethod for the The Well-tempered Clavier assists in giving each piece a
  unique acoustic color. I’ll bring my 17th-century Flemish harpsicho
 rd for the presentation.
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4468
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