Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical networks reveals that they store lots of information and convey it very effectively

I didn’t need proof myself, but I suppose it’s comforting nevertheless to have it mathematically confirmed.

  • ulkesh@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    7 months ago

    He was! But he overused the harpsichord, in my very humble and unfounded opinion, and it hurts my ears to listen to a lot of his creation. I get why he did (the piano was still a very new creation, and the harpsichord could be more easily heard in concert halls), but it sure does pierce the eardrum these days.