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As to the Whitman quote, given its age, shouldn't it be ..."the body acoustic?" Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Tait" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:44 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Fw: NPR story on music response > I heard this NPR story on the radio. Wiring musicians up to measure their > physical response to music -- yes, it is an old idea indeed. One of the > books > about Herbert von Karajan (I can't remember which one) describes how he > had > himself wired and then conducted a rehearsal or whatever with his blood > pressure, > temperature, et cetera being measured and recorded. That may have been > twenty > or twenty-five years ago, however. History much too ancient for the > producers > of this story to have known about. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hey Walt Whitman suggested this more than a century ago with " I SING THE > BODY ELECTRIC" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laurie Heller" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: <[log in to unmask]>; "mitchell heller" <[log in to unmask]>; > <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:21 PM > Subject: NPR story on music response > > >> fyi >> >> >>>A music researcher Dan Levitin will be attaching physiological sensors to >>>a conductor, orchestra members, and audience members during a concert >>>performance. Hear the story on npr's archive. If this link doesn't work >>>directly, search for Levitin in the past week on NPR's archives. >>>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5331994 >>>The page you come up with also shows you links to other music-related >>>stories. >> >> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/310 - Release Date: 4/12/2006