To: mdittmar
The ancient Greeks called it "harmony of the spheres." The Baroques called it "the Doctrine of affections." Nothing really new here, except the ability for testing with electronic gadgets.
To: EggsAckley
Interesting how the brain elicits different emotions from different music,and how tastes in music change with age.
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12/13/2002 4:31:15 PM PST by
mdittmar
To: EggsAckley
There's a tongue-in-cheek but somewhat disturbing short story on this theme by Arthur C. Clarke called "The Ultimate Melody". It's one of his Harry Purvis stories and was published as part of the collection "Tales from the White Hart".
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