by Reginald King Mark Bebbington THE resurgence of light music both on disc and latterly in the concert hall-thanks to conductors like John Wilson-has been a phenomenon of the last 20 years.
Golden Ratio. The golden ratio (symbol is the Greek letter phi shown at left) is a special number approximately equal to 1.618. It appears many times in geometry, art, architecture and other areas.
Here is a simple example in this famous sculpture. In it, a critical golden ratio was deployed by Michaelangelo: the proportion of length between the torso and lower body. Notice how the distance from his navel to the top of his head is 38% and his lower body is 62%.