Another way of looking at Kunst der Fuge - from 'Heptameron' by Klaus Høeck

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 Kunst der Fuge

This poem refers to the poem 

on the opposite page, where it 

says ‘Kunst der Fuge’ as a 

tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach 

a literal gesture. Tell me now 

if this poem has been written before 

or after the poem to which it refers. 

It cannot have been written before, 

since there is then no poem 

to which it refers. And it can 

not have been written after, since the 

poem to which it refers cannot for 

similar reasons have been written 

before this poem. What then?

In this case the answer is simple 
enough. This poem is identical with 
the poem to which it refers on the 
opposite page. They have been written simultaneously.

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Kunst der Fuge

This poem refers to the poem 

on the opposite page, where it 

says ‘Kunst der Fuge’ as a 

tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach 

a literal gesture. Tell me now 

if this poem has been written before 

or after the poem to which it refers. 

It cannot have been written before, 

since there is then no poem 

to which it refers. And it can 

not have been written after, since the 

poem to which it refers cannot for 

similar reasons have been written 

before this poem. What then?

In this case the answer is simple 

enough. This poem is identical with 

the poem to which it refers on the 

opposite page. They have been written simultaneously.