Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Live | Harpist Eleanor Kirk plays music by Lili Boulanger, Florence Price, Sophia Dussek, and Brandee Younger live from the Chicago Cultural Center. Let us know where you are tuning in from!
Live | Harpist Eleanor Kirk plays music by Lili Boulanger, Florence Price, Sophia Dussek, and Brandee Younger live from the Chicago Cultural Center. Let us know where you are tuning in from!
![Feeling the Commutativity of Multiplication [Math in Music Ep. 1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYLhYDFIat0/mqdefault.jpg "Feeling the Commutativity of Multiplication [Math in Music Ep. 1]
2x3=3x2. Not exactly a groundbreaking mathematical discovery, but did you know composers like Bernstein, Dvořák, Bach, and Debussy used it in their music? In the first episode of WFMTs new digital series, Dr. Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how these composers used this mathematic principle to evoke feelings in their music.
Watch the whole series: https://www.wfmt.com/math-in-music/")
