The Mathematics of Musical Composition Pattern and structure are essential to music, from the permutations in a Bach fugue, to the structure of a round.
Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...
Music and Architecture: Confronting the Boundaries between Space and Sound The architect/mathematician turned composer, Iannis Xenakis, was Gresham Professor of...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: Resonances of Baudelaire in Debussy's Piano Music Roy Howat considers two Debussy piano pieces, “Les sons et...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: The Literary and Musical Genesis of Debussy's Fêtes Galantes, série 2 Three manuscript sources for the second series of Debussy's Fêtes...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: Verlaine's poetry performed through Debussy's musical sounds: 'Spleen' in text and song Dr Dubiau-Feuillerac argues that Debussy was attracted to Paul Verlaine’s...
Bach’s Invention: The Divine Trickery of J.S. Bach Behind the sublime precision and expressive power of Bach’s music...
Debussy - Text and Ideas: Concert - Mallarmé, Verlaine, Bourget and Baudelaire A recital by Alumni of the Royal College of Music...