question to chase

Can music talk about itself?

Canons and fugues fold a melody back on itself, and Hofstadter drew the line from there to Gödel’s self-reference. Whether that is more than a pleasing likeness is the question.

Connects to

• Hofstadter
• Notation
• closed loops

Sources

1. Hofstadter, D. (1979). Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Basic Books.