Music for Baby
I have so far chosen Mozart - Piano Sonata, String quartets/quintets, piano concertos, divertimento, etc. But I have also played him some Vivaldi (Four Seasons), Cello Adagios (Maisky). I have tried to play him some Mahler (Crazy??), but the music was either too loud or too soft at times, so I guess I'll wait for another 12 to 24 months to play Mahler for him.
What else do you think I can play so as to stimulate his musical sense?
What else do you think I can play so as to stimulate his musical sense?
posted by Andy at 1/24/2007 04:02:00 PM
6 Comments:
How about some Bach?
Goldberg Variations?
6 Cello Suites?
You remind me of some really funny jokes I seen somewhere else before:
"...
You’ve heard of the Mozart Effect, i.e., listening to Mozart increases one's spatial IQ. BUT, have you heard of the ...
LISZT EFFECT: Child speaks rapidly and extravagantly, but never really says anything important.
BRUCKNER EFFECT: Child speaks very slowly and repeats himself frequently. Gains reputation for profundity.
WAGNER EFFECT: Child becomes a megalomaniac. May eventually marry his sister.
MAHLER EFFECT: Child continually screams — at great length and volume — that he's dying.
SCHOENBERG EFFECT: Child never repeats a word until he’s used all the other words in his vocabulary. Sometimes talks backwards. Eventually, people stop listening to him. Child blames them for their inability to understand him.
BABBITT EFFECT: Child gibbers nonsense all the time. Eventually, people stop listening to him. Child doesn't care because all his playmates think he’s cool.
IVES EFFECT: the child develops a remarkable ability to carry on several separate conversations at once.
GLASS EFFECT: the child tends to repeat himself over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
STRAVINSKY EFFECT: the child is prone to savage, guttural and profane outbursts that often lead to fighting and pandemonium in the preschool.
BRAHMS EFFECT: the child is able to speak beautifully as long as his sentences contain a multiple of three words (3, 6, 9, 12, etc). However, his sentences containing 4 or 8 words are strangely uninspired.
And then, of course, the Cage Effect — child says nothing for 4 minutes, 33 seconds. Preferred by 9 out of 10 classroom teachers.
..."
Of course, these are jokes only, haha.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try Goldberg Variations tonight.
The joke is really funny. But it is for the discerning few.
Congratulations....your baby is so funny, and seems like thinking....A Potential Philosopher.
I have the same idea that I would give my baby listen Mahler as young as possible, starting from Symphony No. 1, esp the third movement....( though it is for a funeral march...)
My own choice, Dvorak's Humoresque.
Si-Chit: love the jokes. where did you find them??
Some of the Debussy piano music are quite peaceful and dreamy. And maybe his Children's Corner Suite?
how about Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals??
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