Sara Dobson
Rachel Henwood - Freelance WriterBabie Love Classical Music
October 21st 2008 22:37
Whether or not you believe in the Mozart effect, a recent study has shown that children love classical music.
Researchers Brigham University in the US, conducted experiments on 96 infants aged between three and nine months of age. They found that by nine months, babies could distinguish between happy and sad pieces of music, in the way preschoolers and adults do.
The happy pieces babies listened to were the first movement on the Brandenburg Concerto No3 by Bach; and the fourth movement of Symphony No 9. Sad pieces were the Elegie by Faure; Aase's Death by Greig, and the second movement of Symphony No7 by Beethoven.
Why is this research so important? Because -
Here’s a chance to get your children into classical music before they get hooked on heavy metal.
Researchers Brigham University in the US, conducted experiments on 96 infants aged between three and nine months of age. They found that by nine months, babies could distinguish between happy and sad pieces of music, in the way preschoolers and adults do.
The happy pieces babies listened to were the first movement on the Brandenburg Concerto No3 by Bach; and the fourth movement of Symphony No 9. Sad pieces were the Elegie by Faure; Aase's Death by Greig, and the second movement of Symphony No7 by Beethoven.
Why is this research so important? Because -
'Infants' discrimination of music is important because music, like speech, is communicative and a basic function of music and speech is to express meaning through emotion.'
Here’s a chance to get your children into classical music before they get hooked on heavy metal.
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