Article: Beethoven Symphonies & Ouvertures Heard Like Never Before

[Jud]

On 12/1/2023 at 2:28 AM, Kalpesh said:

https://www.louisvillecardinal.com/2011/02/music-and-intelligence/#post/0

 

to be taken with a grain of salt : I'm a huge Beethoven fan, could live with only the piano sonatas and quatuors to listen to, while I don't even know what a SAT score is

 

Yeah, more than a grain. The guy supposes that people who listen to classical music are more hardworking and ambitious, as well as more intelligent. 🙄

[Jud]

37 minutes ago, Kalpesh said:

Plus he associates jazz and low SAT scores while other "findings" associate jazz, when non vocal, with high IQ

reminds me of adolescence when asking someone what he or she was listening to was a assessment criteria of the worth of involvement 

It was 2011 in Kentucky and Obama was president, so an article associating listening to Black musicians with laziness and low intelligence sadly does not shock me.

 

Edit: BTW, apologies for the OT; if you feel it ought to be removed, please do so.