Musical catharsis: how does a person experience music?

I recalled a curious episode: a colleague had to speak at continuing education courses for school teachers. Teachers ordered a topic more than a specific one – the algorithm of musical influence on the listener. I don’t know how she, poor, got out! After all, what kind of algorithm is there – a continuous “stream of consciousness”! Is it possible to fix emotions in a strictly defined sequence, when one “floats” onto the other, hurries to force out, and there is another on the way …

BUT TO LEARN MUSIC – MANDATORY! The Greeks believed that learning should only count, write, take care of physical education, and also develop aesthetically, thanks to music. Rhetoric and logic were among the main subjects a bit later, there is nothing to say about the rest. So the music. It is tempting to talk only about instrumenta Continue reading →