Klarinet Archive - Posting 000222.txt from 2011/01

From: corvo di bassetto <rab@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Food for thought
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:45:01 -0500

Kathy,

Would you consider playing Mozart to a certain set of plants for six month and than play Brahms to them for the next six month? This way we might finally learn whether it is actually only Mozart that makes them grow better. Next step would be a comparison of proliferation rates induced by the Quintet and the Concerto respectively.
My cacti died last time I played Reger. It might be tangential however.

Best regards,
danyel

Am 18.01.2011 um 11:13 schrieb Kathy Williams-DeVries:

> 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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