Re: ROCK MUSIC

["Charles S. Watson" <watson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pierre wrote to say he agreed with my comment about the many forms of
music considered at one time or another to be hard on human morality, and
asked that the following be passed on to the list...


Re/ Atom Biggs's question

I don't know of any such research but Atom Biggs may want to read L.
Tolstoy's novel "The Kreutzer Sonata", in which a married woman reaches
the decision to elope with her lover during listening to the Beethoven
piece.  Following the story, Tolstoy engages in a long philosophical
discussion on the negative effects of music on people's morality.

Pierre Divenyi

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