drstawl
Banned
It was a reread of, "Godel, Escher, Bach- An Eternal Golden Braid"
that started all this. A pretty cool book by Douglas R. Hofstadter.
Anyhow the introduction relates this story of Frederick the Great of Prussia- a serious freak from my HS World History remembrances, who wrote this little 8-bar-and-a-lead-in-quarter note ditty, and being the owner of 15 pianos (a VERY recent invention in 1747) wanted the premier jam master of the day to improvise a piece on one of these instruments based on the clip. J.S.Bach did and the group of pieces became known as his "Musical Offering"
Doug even included the 8 bar theme notated, which I entered into CW. I then proceeded to give it the drstawl treatment, imagining that I was placed in Bach's shoes but had all my 21st century tools.
I know it doesn't rate with what Bach did with this theme. But I think it came out OK.
that started all this. A pretty cool book by Douglas R. Hofstadter.
Anyhow the introduction relates this story of Frederick the Great of Prussia- a serious freak from my HS World History remembrances, who wrote this little 8-bar-and-a-lead-in-quarter note ditty, and being the owner of 15 pianos (a VERY recent invention in 1747) wanted the premier jam master of the day to improvise a piece on one of these instruments based on the clip. J.S.Bach did and the group of pieces became known as his "Musical Offering"
Doug even included the 8 bar theme notated, which I entered into CW. I then proceeded to give it the drstawl treatment, imagining that I was placed in Bach's shoes but had all my 21st century tools.
I know it doesn't rate with what Bach did with this theme. But I think it came out OK.