Word: albinoni
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...some pieces of music stimulate more than others - and even less understanding of music's sometimes soothing effects. Glenn Schellenberg, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, built on Rauscher's study by comparing the effects of a happy-sounding Mozart piece to a sad-sounding Albinoni piece, and then testing to see if music by the British rock band Blur had a bigger impact. (The answer is yes, among 10- and 11-year-old boys). At one point he even did research that pitted Mozart's music against a Stephen King story. His conclusion: listeners...
...long, so it's unlikely she'll fare better with the classics. Commercial potential: $$ Artistry: Too soon to tell Dominic Miller Argentinian session guitarist and a favorite collaborator of Sting, he hit the classical charts earlier this year with Shapes - pop reworkings of classics by Beethoven, Bach, Elgar and Albinoni. When his album launched BBC Worldwide's Inversion label, rivals feared the label's built-in media access would mean unfair playtime. Sales might have more to do with model looks than the inoffensive muzak. Commercial potential: $$$$ Artistry: ... Tony Henry...