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
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 […]
Patriotic Music in the USA, Pt. 3
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
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
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 […]