Wednesday 23 December 2009

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.


OSPGPFPFPG-Y

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.

1 comment:

David C Brown said...

Seriously playful
Playfully serious.