J.S. Bach - Crab Canon on a Möbius Strip

A crab canon—also known by the Latin form of the name, canon cancrizans—is an arrangement of two musical lines that are complementary and backward, similar to a palindrome.

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About the Baroque Era

Baroque Era of Music

Derived from the Portuguese barroco, or “oddly shaped pearl,” the term “baroque” has been widely used since the nineteenth century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750.

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Baroque Composers

Historical context, Geography, Biographical Notes

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