I have read Godel-Escher-Bach, and that's how I discovered Bach's music. A few years later, I came across BBC's Discovering Music series, and one presenter gave

I have read Godel-Escher-Bach, and that's how I discovered Bach's music. A few years later, I came across BBC's Discovering Music series, and one presenter gave a very good talk on the Goldberg Variations. He had a player with him to play whatever sections the presenter asked for. When I looked for it now, they seem to have something entirely different in its place [1]. Incidentally, they also have a talk on Bach's Preludes and Fugues [2]. I don't know if these are as good as the one I heard years ago. I'll find out tonight. I have read a very little bit from music theory textbooks. I don't play an instrument, so the books quickly became tedious for me. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vshvp http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vshvp [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zy0lk http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zy0lk