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Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts special reports | The universal musician |
 | | In short, the greater the art, the more it brings out the beauty that nature often lacks. |
 | | Birnbaum's Bachian standpoint is especially striking in preserving the ancient concept of music as the language of the cosmos while foretelling a much more modern aesthetic of art. |
 | | Bach doubtless believed that the "rules of composition" reflected the harmony of creation. |
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