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This is amazing: The first canon from Bach’s Musical Offering, known as the “crab canon,” is essentially the musical version of a Möbius Strip – it can be played back-to-front as well. Then again, mathemusician Vi Hart knew that when she used backwards Bach and a music box to explain space-time.

( It’s Okay To Be Smart)

For no particular reason other than pure joy, cellist Mischa Maisky plays Bach’s Suite No.1 in G.

Bach played on the world’s largest Tesla coils, part of the Open Spark Project – best thing since Bach played on the universe