David Rastall wrote: > I ask myself this one question about the Mozart Effect:
I count seven questions, but no matter... > why Mozart? > Why not the "Bach Effect"? or the "Brahms Effect"? or any of the other > names of composers? The Wagner Effect: now there's a thought... Is > it because these researchers have determined that Mozart is the best > composer of all? I'd like to see their "scientific" proof of that! Or > is it that Mozart works better in their experiments than any other > composer? Have they tried them all? You're not the only one to ask these questions. This was making the internet rounds earlier this year: > Subject: Re: Mozart effect is a fraud... > > Another Urban Legend > > A new report now says that the Mozart effect is a fraud. > For you hip urban professionals: no, playing Mozart for your designer > baby > will not improve his IQ or help him get into that exclusive > pre-school. He'll > just have to be admitted into Harvard some other way. > > Of course, we're all better off for listening to Mozart purely for the > pleasure of it. However, one wonders that if playing Mozart sonatas > for little > Hillary or Jason could boost their intelligence, what would happen if > other > composers were played in their developmental time? > > Liszt effect: Child speaks rapidly and extravagantly, but never > really says > anything important. > > Raff effect: Child becomes a bore. > > Bruckner effect: Child speaks very slowly and repeats himself > frequently. > Gains reputation for profundity. > > Wagner effect: Child becomes a megalomaniac. May eventually marry his > sister. > > Mahler effect: Child continually screams - at great length and volume > - that > he's dying. > > Schoenberg effect: Child never repeats a word until he's used all the > other > words in his vocabulary. Sometimes talks backwards. Eventually, > people stop > listening to him. Child blames them for their inability to > understand him. > > Babbitt effect: Child gibbers nonsense all the time. Eventually, > people stop > listening to him. Child doesn't care because all his playmate's > think he's > cool. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
