Gödel, Escher, Bach An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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(1685-1750)

FIGURE 19. The last page oj Bach's Art of the Fugue.1n the original manuscript, in the

handwriting of Bach's son Carl Philipp Emanuel, is written: "N.B. 1n the course oj this

fugue, at the point where the name B.A.C.H. was brought in as countersubject, the composer

died." (B-A-C-H in box.) 1 have let this final page oj Bach's last fugue serve as an epitaph.

[Music printed by Donald Byrd's program "SMUT", developed at Indiana University.]

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