Klarinet Archive - Posting 000180.txt from 2011/01

From: Michael Whight <michaelwhight@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Food for thought
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:28:20 -0500

I don't think there are any well conducted experiments which show this Kathy. It's hogwash. Music is artificially organised sound, nothing more. That fact doesn't make it any less pleasurable. I hear all sorts of stuff in Lloyd Webber too but maybe there's a good reason for that!

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On 18 Jan 2011, at 10:13, "Kathy Williams-DeVries" <kathleenwilliams76@-----.com> wrote:

> Learned friends
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> Owing to a nasty thunderstorm this afternoon that blacked us out for a few
> hours (and meaning I missed Bold and the Beautiful), I was unable to start
> my video project on comparisons between the Mozart Concerto and Quintet, I
> rather impressed myself with the thought that scientific studies have shown
> plants grow better when Mozart is played to them, and babies end up smarter
> children also when exposed to Mozart, then surely science tells us that the
> musical power of Mozart is sufficient to not only cause psychological and
> chemical changes to living organisms, but, if the plants are growing better
> than that is a physiological change as well. Therefore, my wry thought is
> that though some musical educators approach Mozart from nothing but a
> clinical and technical perspective, then they are ignoring the
> psychological, chemical and physiological changes in themselves which would
> result in greater personal happiness if these changes were recognised.
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> And what would these educators say if today I ruminated on the thought that
> I hear echoes of Don Giovanni and the Requiem in the Concerto, albeit
> tangentially. And forward echoes of my video, whilst the Concerto hides a
> deep unrest amongst much technical busyness, the Quintet has no such
> pretensions and feels like contented to be just beautiful and in perfect
> repose.
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> Paradoxically, Mozart is quite useful for dispersing young ruffians from
> shopping malls if played over the PA system...
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> Regards,
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> Kathy Williams-DeVries
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