<![CDATA[BLOG POST: Something I needed to get out of my system about how Mozart and Bach kept popping up in conversations about computing and in sci-fi in the 1970s and 1980s.]]>BLOG POST: Something I needed to get out of my system about how Mozart and Bach kept popping up in conversations about computing and in sci-fi in the 1970s and 1980s. If you can think of other examples of This Sort of Thing, let me know.

https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2026/05/04/mozart-in-mirrorshades-bach-to-the-future/

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/637814ad-e72c-42ca-bb0e-8d92af6dbb13/blog-post-something-i-needed-to-get-out-of-my-system-about-how-mozart-and-bach-kept-popping-up-in-conversations-about-computing-and-in-sci-fi-in-the-1970s-and-1980s.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 03:34:31 GMTMon, 04 May 2026 20:35:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to BLOG POST: Something I needed to get out of my system about how Mozart and Bach kept popping up in conversations about computing and in sci-fi in the 1970s and 1980s. on Tue, 05 May 2026 00:53:07 GMT]]>@RayNewman I would suspect that the connections also have to do with the idea that music and mathematics (and thus, computing) are deeply related - especially the kind of music Bach wrote.

My dad was a professor at Northwestern, teaching music theory and history in the 70's-80's. His intro music theory class counted as a math credit for students. (Who often thought his class would be easier than a "real" math class. It was not, of course.)

Anyway, there's more weight to the connection than just aesthetics.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/mitten/statuses/116519232277424718https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/mitten/statuses/116519232277424718Tue, 05 May 2026 00:53:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BLOG POST: Something I needed to get out of my system about how Mozart and Bach kept popping up in conversations about computing and in sci-fi in the 1970s and 1980s. on Mon, 04 May 2026 23:05:40 GMT]]>@perspectivet @RayNewman My thought too. I'd wondered if it influenced the trend, but given publication in 1979 seems part of the same syndrome.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/SK53/statuses/116518809785921108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/SK53/statuses/116518809785921108Mon, 04 May 2026 23:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to BLOG POST: Something I needed to get out of my system about how Mozart and Bach kept popping up in conversations about computing and in sci-fi in the 1970s and 1980s. on Mon, 04 May 2026 21:07:03 GMT]]>@RayNewman Is "Godel, Escher, Bach" in the vein you had in mind?

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