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How did Kepler influence Bach?

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The laws of planetary motion have some mathematical proportions which are similar to accoustics. Those principles in the accoustics were known from antiquity, so Keppler's novelty was to find them in the astronomy, not in music. read more

For sure Bach was a highly mathematical composer and it’s known he had Zarlino treatise among his works and he had friends who wrote scientific musical treatises. As such, it’s not unfathomable that he knewed about Keppler’s laws, but in my opinion he stuck mostly with the usual rhetoric and mathematical symbolism which was quite frequent in his entourage and period because they are more extensive. read more

In fact, Andreas Werckmeister, probably one of the greatest influences on the young J.S. Bach, explicitly stated that it was Johannes Kepler who provided the astronomical proof for the well-tempered system of vocal polyphony. read more

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