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I have heard that, in recent years, many mathematicians as well as music theorists have applied different branches of mathematics to music.

I would like to know about some books/resources relating to this topic.

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    I am not 100% sure but group theory is used to find the symmetries in the songs of The Beatles. Also, you may find the book Gödel-Escher-Bach interesting. I did not read much, there was a chapter about the symmetries of the fugues of Bach.2011-11-07
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    [Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals](http://www.amazon.com/Music-Mathematics-Pythagoras-John-Fauvel/dp/0199298939/ref=pd_sim_b_4)2011-11-07
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    There was a paper of Euler's which was "too musical for mathematicians and too mathematical for musicians". You can search for the quote to find out more...2011-11-07
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    Traditionally there was the [quadrivium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrivium) of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music, leading to ideas like the music of the spheres and Kepler's [Harmonices Mundi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonices_Mundi)2011-11-07
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    This is not a book, but a topic which you might want to research is the role of fractals in music. The researcher Hsu has shown some interesting results. Don't just look for the creation of fractal music (though this is interesting) but look for the fractal structure of already existing music.2011-11-08
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    A related older thread: [Math and Music theory books](http://math.stackexchange.com/q/36683)2017-02-27

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