Several musical performances have been sent to me recently that feature either super-talented young performers or actual child prodigies. So often my generation seems to believe that the future of classical is bleak and that in the future we’ll only have rap and “movie music!” Each week, I listen on NPR to “From the Top” […]
Entries from June 13th, 2010
What is the definition of “The Mozart Effect”?
June 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · The Mozart Effect...why Mozart?
What exactly IS “The Mozart Effect?” People are always asking me what it is about Mozart’s music that is healing or helpful. Why isn’t Haydn’s music as powerful, or Beethoven’s or Schubert’s? Actually, I believe that any great composer’s music can be healing, keeping in mind our definition of healing. Remember that we define healing […]
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Patriotic Music for Summer, 2010 Pt. 4
June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Healing
Will you be going to a concert of some kind this summer on the 4th of July? We know about the big “Pops” concerts that happen in major cities around the country…Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and more…all have huge orchestral concerts or mixed groups. It seems to be more and more often […]
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Patriotic Music in the USA, Pt. 3
June 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Healing
Patriotic music has probably existed for hundred and hundreds of years. Of course much of the patriotic music has been composed in times of war or struggle. The purpose is almost always to bolster the troops, but also to comfort those that are waiting patiently at home and doing their best to help the […]
Patriotic Music, Pt. 2
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Healing
Everyone has their own favorite patriotic music. Usually the songs people like the most are the ones they grew up hearing at their own schools, churches, family gatherings and other celebrations. Some of these originated before the Civil War and talk proudly about the South or the North, rather than just celebrating the USA. I […]
Patriotic Music for National Holidays, Pt. 1
June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Healing
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about patriotic music. Music has always been used to motivate and inspire soldiers and warriors. I was surprised to learn to that bagpipes were played as soldiers went into battle, hundreds of years ago. An article by Gordon Kinnie states that: “As a musical instrument of war the PIOB […]
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Mozart or Moozart? Who’s in the news?
June 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Music Healing and Animals
What will they think of next?! Farmers in Spain have now discovered that playing specific pieces of music by Mozart greatly increases the amount of milk his dairy cows produce as well as enhances the taste by making it sweeter! Here’s what the ABC site had to say: “On Hans Pieter Sieber’s Priegola dairy farm […]
A Fun way to enjoy a Bach Fugue!
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Classical Music
You just never know what you’re going to find when you enter an FAO Schwartz Store, do you? I remember taking my daughter there in the late 80’s and we were both just mesmerized by the multi-storied expanse of toys and stuffed animals. There’s also a famous keyboard there and one day, two Juilliard students […]
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