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Musicians may be most creative 'when not actually playing instrument'
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- Tuesday, 01 October 2013
New research into how and when the muse strikes finds that even fairly mundane activities can feed in to new insights.
Want Quick, Accurate Thinking? Ask a Musician
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
New research finds musical training appears to sharpen our ability to detect our own mistakes, and rapidly make needed adjustments.
Say What? French Horn Players Run Risk Of Hearing Loss
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
Loud music can lead to hearing loss. But it's not just rock musicians and their fans who are at risk.
Is jazz good for babies?
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
When jazz musician Michael Janisch had his first child, he put the theories to the test with a specially recorded album.
Why We Like Sad Music
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
SADNESS is an emotion we usually try to avoid. So why do we choose to listen to sad music?
Why music is good for the heart
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- Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Doctors have discovered what music-lovers always guessed – music touches places nothing else can reach.
Teatro Real Names New Artistic Director; Mortier to Step Down Immediately
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- Wednesday, 18 September 2013
The opera house Teatro Real put an end on Wednesday to an unusually public and tense leadership dispute by replacing Gerard Mortier as its artistic director with Joan Matabosch.
Is New Age thinking good or bad for musicians?
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- Tuesday, 17 September 2013
"The German novelist Hermann Hesse wrote, 'When a man tries, with the gifts bestowed on him by nature, to fulfill himself, he is doing the highest thing he can do, the only thing that has any meaning.'
Does music in the workplace help or hinder?
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- Monday, 16 September 2013
Police in England and Wales paid £660,952 for licences so staff could listen to music in offices in the past year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
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