Music for working does not stand in front. It stands behind. It should have no words, and you should not notice when it ends. Three descend. Choose one album and play the same one every time. When the first note sounds, the body knows it is time to work. 1. Goldberg Variations, Bach (played by Glenn Gould) — While one theme changes thirty times, the hands do their work. 2. Selected Ambient Works 85–92, Aphex Twin — Rhythms that seem to sound underwater spread time out evenly. 3. Divenire, Ludovico Einaudi — A piano coming and going like waves, pushing thought along. The loom of Penelope did not rest during the day.

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Question:“On music for working”

On music for working

Music for working does not stand in front. It stands behind. It should have no words, and you should not notice when it ends.

Three descend. Choose one album and play the same one every time. When the first note sounds, the body knows it is time to work.

Goldberg Variations, Bach (played by Glenn Gould)While one theme changes thirty times, the hands do their work.
Selected Ambient Works 85–92, Aphex TwinRhythms that seem to sound underwater spread time out evenly.
Divenire, Ludovico EinaudiA piano coming and going like waves, pushing thought along.

The loom of Penelope did not rest during the day.