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Maths and Music

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Fibonacci Sequence

Full interview with James Grime from Numberphile about encryption

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy looks at rhythmic complexities in Steve Reich, Messiaen, Ewe music from Ghana and a piece lasting 1000 years. 

Maths and Music: 1/4. Counter Culture

Marcus du Sautoy examines Pythagoras' theories about the harmonious world, the thorny issue of temperament and the 12 tone scale. 

Maths and Music: 2/4 Music Of The Spheres

Marcus du Sautoy reveals the symmetry in Bach's Goldberg Variations, the maths behind bell-ringing and Mozart's obsession with numbers. 

Maths and Music: 3/4 Theme And Variations

Marcus du Sautoy looks at Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis's cubes, Messiaen's Mongean shuffle and reveals that there's music in maths. 

Maths and Music: 4/4 Composing With Numbers

In this episode of In Our Time Marcus and Melvyn discuss the famous Fibonacci Numbers. 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21... they are Nature's favourite numbers. Count the number of petals on a flower and invariably it's a number in the Fibonacci sequence...and if it isn't...that's cos a petal fell off your flower...which is how mathematicians get round exceptions.

In Our Time: The Fibonacci Sequence

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how Iannis Xenakis uses the symmetry of a cube to determine musical parameters in Nomos Alpha for solo cello; Paul Griffiths highlights the composer's innovations in the fields of sound and instrumental writing; and we hear an archive interview in which Xenakis credits his teacher Olivier Messiaen in helping him to find his own compositional voice.

Radio 3's Fifty Modern Classics

Iannis Xenakis's Nomos Alpha

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Piano Piece Based on Fibonacci Sequence - Rehearsal Version

An audiobook of The Grimms Brother story, The Frog Prince. 

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Maths and Music: 4/4 Composing With Numbers

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