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Morimur (Bach's Partita in D minor for solo violin)
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A commentary on the human artistic endeavor. Helga Thoene proposes in her essay that Johann Sebastian Bach embedded into the ciaccona (Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) numerous mathematical and musical references making the work a memorial, or trombeau, to his deceased wife, Maria Barbara Bach, who died in 1720.
Check out a recording of the Partita here
The album Morimur by the Hilliard Ensemble can be found here
More about the research by Thoene can be found here, here, and here.
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