“Dun dun dun da! Dun dun dun da!”
Those aren’t even words, yet for anyone familiar with Beethoven’s Fifth, these rhythms immediately evoke the emotional atmosphere of its booming onset. How do vibrations in air become a source of courage, a feeling of foreboding, a skin-tingling sense of rapture, or a yawn-inducing treadmill of notes? Why does the very same piece of music spark the first in one listener and the last in another? And what, if anything, does a person’s musical taste say about his mental habits or moral character?
Come cultivate your musical mind, investigate what attracts people to certain sonic tapestries, and learn how to find more of-and get more out of-the music you love.
26 фев 2023
