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Pablo Massa:
>Does anyone knows what's exactly the so called "Mozart Effect"?. I've
>heard about it something like this: that the music of Mozart has a high
>incidence at the development of intelligence when used with kids for
>educational purposes. Is this correct (or true)?. Why Mozart, then?,
>why not a "Haydn effect"?.
As I understand it, kids about to take tests were subjected to classical
music. Compared to their fellows who hadn't heard the music, they did
a little better. However, the effect was apparently only temporary.
As to why it's Mozart's and not Haydn's effect, that would be because,
since no one has recently made a popular movie of Haydn's life, Mozart
is just about the only classical composer people in the United States
currently know ("Immortal Beloved" hasn't yet been re-released on DVD
in a director's cut).
Steve Schwartz
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