Klarinet Archive - Posting 000459.txt from 1997/12

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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:53:07 -0500

Music really seems to affect human beings physically. Late saturday night
last week I saw a program on the swedish national TV on J. Sibelius
Finlandia. At the University of Uppsala they performed a test on about 30
persons. The test was rather similar to using a lie-detector with electro=
des
attached to different parts of the body measuring pulse, sweat and so for=
th.
Since the people tested came from all over the world and had little or no=
ne
knowlege of the history of Finlandia and its connection to different wars
that Finland has been involved in, it was amazing to see that already aft=
er
some 4 to 5 tones the pulse frequency raised to about 2 times as compared=
to
the resting . Also the other parameters like sweat and electric activity =
in
the brain increased. There was one finnish war veteran participating, but
there was no significant difference between him and the others. As far as=
I
understood the experiment has been repeated at other places with the same
result. Thus it is possible that music really affect humans well-being.

Bert Amten

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Datum: den 9 december 1997 04:32
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>
>On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Ryan Lowe wrote:
>
>> In the wind Ensemble that I am in right now, we are playing a piece by
reed.
>> Each time we rehearse this piece, I feel nauseous (sp?) I have felt
fine,
>> physically, but twice a week (each time we rehearse the piece as a
group), I
>> get sick. Also, on the few occasions that I have tried to practice th=
is
>> piece on my own, I cannot do it because I begin to feel sick. I know
that
>> some music can make me feel very good, so it goes hand-in-hand that ot=
her
>> types of music can make me feel very bad... I was just wondering if
anybody
>> else has experienced this 'phenomenon', and if so... what do you do?
>> For those who take offense to this, I do not mean to bash Reed=
's
>> abilities as a composer. In fact, there are other pieces of his that =
I
>> enjoy. I am also not bashing the piece because it is for wind ensembl=
e,
as
>> I enjoy numerous pieces written for wind ensemble. I apologize in
advance
>> for anybody else's feelings that I may have hurt.
>
>I guess I am interested in knowing if it is H. Owen Reed or Alfred Reed
>you speak of? It would be helpful if you gave a complete name.....even =
a
>title! However, you may have a rare disease that is brought about when
>certain harmonies are combined for musical effect. In fact, a riot brok=
e
>out when Stavinsky's Rite of Spring was premiered.......and many people
>recact with nausea to 12 tone music.....then of course, my wife can't
>stand jazz.....while on the other hand, I am not personally fond of
>Country Western (although lately......). Have you asked a physician??
>
>Roger Garrett
>IWU
>
>