HERONG BAI
Research

Mathematics & Music

Bach, counterpoint and structure.

A question at the piano

How can mathematical thinking illuminate the way musical ideas recur, transform and interact? Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875, offers a starting point for Herong’s interest in structure and symmetry.

Performance & inquiry

Herong’s interests include counterpoint, patterns and Fourier analysis, alongside the changing musical languages of the twentieth century. These are areas of inquiry; a formal research paper is not yet presented in this archive.

Project documentation

Project materials are being prepared for public reading.

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