Should we add some lutenisms? Gaultier Effect? "Child blabbers euphoniously enough, but makes no sense" Kapsberger Effect: "Child cannot complete a sentence" Baron Effect: "Child is fairly eloquent, but never says anything worth paying attention to" RT
> A new report now says that the Mozart effect is a fraud (via Terry Teachout). > 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. > > Postscript from Cori Ellison: > > Yes! And what about: > > Schumann Effect - Child elopes with piano teacher's daughter, tries to stretch > his fingers, and goes crazy. > > Rossini Effect - Child's speech keeps getting faster, higher, louder, and more > florid, until he suddenly retires at an early age. > > Philip Glass Effect - Child refuses to develop themes, keeps repeating himself > endlessly, and becomes inexplicably popular with drug users. > > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
