SUMMARY:
In both of the articles, The Myth That Will Not Go Away and Did Mozart Use the Golden Section? is based on myths of ancient civilizations, mostly Greek and of a famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart using the Golden Ratio (GR) in their works. Keith Devlin, writer of The Myth That Will Not Go Away explained mathematicians’ claim of Greeks using the GR to make the Parthenon was a myth, because no one can prove that the Greeks actually used the formula to create such a beautiful building. Furthermore, when squares were drawn in during a demonstration to support the theory that the Greeks were in questioned, “why put it exactly there and why make the lines so thick?” (Devlin, Here We Go Again, 11 lines down) Devlin also went on explaining how Mozart was thought to use GR in his piano sonatas even though no proof was shown that he did. In Did Mozart Use the Golden Section? one mathematician questioned the idea of Mozart using the GR in his sonatas. John F. Putz spent time examining each of Mozart’s sonatas discovering some that did fit into the GR but, some did not. Therefore, he concluded that Mozart may have been interested in math and his sonatas were amazing but, it was not the work of the GR that made it wonderful it was done by the work of a genius.
RESPONSE:
At first, I didn’t really know what the Golden Ratio was for all I knew was that it was a formula used in math (ugh). After reading both articles, I learned that the GR was a formula used to measure length and width. I didn’t really understand why there was such a big controversy about people (who are dead a long time ago) using or not using GR in their masterpieces. It is just a myth! Moreover, the Greeks and Egyptians were civilizations overflowing with brilliant minds, they could have used other formulas. I believe it was just a coincidence that some of the measurements seem to fit. As for Mozart, the man wrote symphonies when he was like what nine? The man was practically a genius! It couldn’t all just be math’s doing, sure he may have used math to improve the sound of his music but, I personally believe it was straight up talent. It’s fun to see people debate over things like music and math but when you put radicals among those people that’s when people need to stop arguing and leave things alone.
I agree with your analysis of the piece.
Do you think that early civilizations really did utilize mathematics and equations for construction, architecture, and art or do you think they happened to get lucky from trial and error?
How can knowledge of mathematical formulas such as the golden ratio change our lives … what if everyone had a working knowledge of the golden ratio’s applications?
I do like your comment on leaving things well enough alone when radicals get into the discussion. Do you think there are any effective ways to convince such people that they may potentially be wrong? I know it’s a little tangential to the topic but it’s an interesting thing to think about.
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