Mozart effect

Should Musical Education be a Necessary Part of the School Curriculum? Harris Ishtiaq Ahmed Lahore School of Economics If there is anything that dates as far back as mankind itself, it is music. With Wallin et al. (2001) suggesting musical instruments to have existed for at least 55,000 years, music precedes the vast majority of the modern fields of study and practice including Physics, Chemistry, Sociology, Math and even Philosophy. It is believed to have existed prior to the vast…

Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 is considered to be a landmark in the field of symphonic composition. In this work the composer brings the late Classical period into full bloom while bridging in the essence of Romanticism. This was the composers’ first major composition for orchestra in which he scored: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in C, 2 bassons, 2 horns in C and F, 2 trumpets in C, timpani and strings. The form of the piece is comprised of 4 movements. The first…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Vienna on January 27, 1756. He was born to a mother, father, and sister. There were more children, but no one lived past childhood. Wolfgang was a determined and musically smart little boy. He knew what he was doing behind a set of piano keys. He was a prodigy to say the least. He accomplished more in a lifetime then most could in two lifetimes. Over the course of his thirty-five years on earth he composed around 600 compositions. Mozart’s family…

18th century. Haydn was the forerunner which laid the foundations of the symphonic form for composers who came after him. For example, according to Wenborn, N (1997: 31) the four note theme used by Haydn in his 13th symphony was the same theme which Mozart used in the last movement of his monumental Jupiter Symphony which was composed 20 years later. This proves that Haydn indeed laid the foundation in terms of composing symphonies. I will analyze Symphony No.40 in F major with special attention…

Despite the history and trend of climate change, many individuals still believe that climate change is not real and have asked the prominent question, “How do we know it is real?” In the scientific journal titled Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis the author writes about the trend of Carbon Dioxide (Figure 1A), Methane (Figure 1B), and Nitrous Oxide (Figure 1C). In figure 1A, 1B, and 1C there is an increase in Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrous Oxide respectively, within the last…

Learning Curves The learning curve, also referred to as the experience curve, is a simplistic, yet powerful, estimating technique which has become an essential concept/tool used for strategic planning within project management (Kerzner, 2013; Lieberman, 1987; Linton & Walsh, 2013). Bailey and Gupta (1999) suggested that the learning curve should probably be called the “forecasting curve” because it is primarily used to forecast the future expenditure of project resources (as cited in McKee &…

identify changes in global climate or local weather [91] which can be deplored as a possible climate early warning system (67). Patz JA; A human disease indicator for the effects of recent global climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

by the recalling of words either at primacy and recency effect. And to see if there are two separate stores for memory. A number of researchers have suggested that the serial position effect varies depending on where an item is positioned on a list. When asked to recall a random list of words in any order, people tend to begin recall with the end of the list, recalling those items with the best accuracy. This is described as recency effect. The first few items on a list is likewise recalled…

The piano, also called the pianoforte,was created by harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Christofori in 1709. There are a few instruments created before the piano with similarities. The first similar instrument was the zither. It was made in Africa and Southeast Asia. The zither was a stringed instrument that was found around 3,000 B.C. during the Bronze Age. The zither line included: the ground zither, the bar zither, and the board zither. These instruments were all plucked. It was used by…

Have you ever heard someone play the piano and wondered how the piano made all that noise? Or how it was created in the first place? Well, you’re about to find out the answer to both these questions and more. What came before the piano? What inspired the piano? And who created the piano? All of these will also be answered. First, you’ll need to know that a keyboard instrument is any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or…