Morimur (Bach's Partita in D minor for solo violin)

 

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.