Alexander Atkin:

>Before I was 17 I had no interest in classical music at all.  Then one
>day I found an old recording o n cassette tape of Beethoven's 6th
>Symphony (Pastoral).  I played the tape, and was instantly hooked.
>
>I then played the tape to my Mum, who told me that when I was a baby
>she would play me that same tape because it calmed me and would
>stop me crying.  Somehow, I felt I had made an instant connection
>with my infancy through Beethoven.

I am sure you did.  This is a *very* interesting story, I'm sure of
considerable significance to the psychology of music.

Jim Tobin