On Music Far From the Contemporary

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:27:11 PDT

“And Mozart could heal but no one knows where he is burried.”

I read the above-mentioned passage on the third edition of the book “On Doctoring”, which was a collection of poems and essays from known writers who are either in the medical field or those who simply write with health and wellness as a prime theme.

The passage alludes to how the music of Mozart could heal. I have not gotten to really immersed myself with his works, but I sure do want to find out about how his opus could really heal. I have read from a research papers though that his style was mainly homophonic, a contrast of his contemporary like J.S Bach whose works are more polyphonic and steeped in religious connotation. I personally would not want our time to have musical geniues like them.

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