October 13, 2000

'Musical Quarterly,' Revamped by Its Editor, to Publish Study of Classical Music's Perceived Value in Civilizing Immigrants; 'Critical Inquiry' Quotes Harley-Davidson

By JENNIFER K. RUARK

SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BREAST: There's new evidence that listening to classical music improves spatial-temporal reasoning, but the so-called Mozart Effect ain't nothing: Did you know that classical music can also lower your golf score, encourage a timid swimmer to jump into the pool, and contribute to better typing?

Those were just some of the claims made in journal articles of the early 1900's, writes Gavin James Campbell in a forthcoming issue of The Musical