[MadIvan]

We definitely live in a movie age - everything thinks they need background music.

As for Mozart - they have found that playing it to young children, even playing it around pregnant mothers, is good for babies overall health and intelligence. The man was obviously writing with God's assistance.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[JRandomFreeper]

ping.

[SevenofNine]

Alright cool

OHHH Rock me Amandus

[Drango]

Dang it! I've been listening to Eminem and now I can't figure out my income tax...

[MissHardihood]

You know what makes math easier?

HOURS OF STUDY

[Consort]

Mathmusical Notation

[templar]

Playing Baroque music in the background will enhance speed and retention while studying. Try it.

[IronJack]

If "Overture to the Magic Flute" or "Marriage of Figaro" was playing in the background, the music would sweep me away and I wouldn't get ANYTHING done!

[cornelis]

In another age perhaps we will discover the another percentage increase from listening to Bach chorales. Helps the senile and aged.

[Consort]

Chamber music works best for me.

[CasearianDaoist]

Here, here! I would same that it was more a case of "divine dictation" than individual musical composition.

[redbaiter]

Software developers quite often listen to music while they are working on code. So-called heavy metal is a common choice, the most common in my experience. I listen to Mozart or Bach, usually. I don't know why it works, but it does. My theory is that it gives the 'lower' parts of your brain something to focus on so they don't chatter amongst themselves and distract you while the 'higher' parts work on the code. If your whole brain is occupied, it can't wander anywhere.

[St.Chuck]

As for Mozart - they have found that playing it to young children, even playing it around pregnant mothers, is good for babies overall health and intelligence. The man was obviously writing with God's assistance.

Who is they? Last I heard this legend has been debunked.

[irv]

everything thinks they need background music.

I always have. Wagner and Beethoven, mostly. Occasionally Jethro Tull.

[ConservativeDude]

My two-year-old son has recently shown an alarming affinity for Beethoven....

I think I need to back track and take him through Bach and Mozart before "progressing" to Ludwig van....Beethoven is just so...intense, dramatic, expressive. I think he/I need to enjoy some of the joy and beauty in the first two of the big 3 before experiencing (notice I did not say "enjoying") Beethoven....