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Composing with Numbers

The EssayMaths and Music
Episode 4 of 4

Maths and Music: 4/4. Composing with Numbers: Marcus du Sautoy looks at Schoenberg's rectangles, Xenakis's cubes, Messiaen's Mongean shuffle and reveals that there's music in maths.

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Thu 3 Apr 200823:00
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