In 2005, the London Underground started playing orchestral soundtracks in 65 tube stations as part of a scheme to deter anti-social behavior. As a result, a 33 percent decline in robberies, a 25 percent decline in staff verbal assaults, and a 37 percent decrease in vandalism was observed.
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When Beethoven first performed…
When Beethoven first performed his Ninth Symphony, as he couldn’t hear the rapturous applause it received due to his deafness, one of his singers approached him and turned him around so that he could see the standing ovation he was receiving.
Thomas Jefferson once met Mozart…
Thomas Jefferson once met Mozart to commission a piece for his wife. However, he was put off by Mozart’s personality, and ended up not going ahead with the idea.
When Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony…
When Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered, it was so new and innovative that some music critics didn’t accept it, and one even called it “monstrous and tasteless.”
In 1713, Giuseppe Tartini dreamt that he had sold…
In 1713, Giuseppe Tartini dreamt that he had sold his soul to the devil. In the dream the devil played a masterful sonata. When Tartini woke up, he composed Violin Sonata in G minor.
Classical and heavy metal music attract listeners with similar personalities…
Classical and heavy metal music attract listeners with similar personalities but dissimilar ages. Younger people of the personality type like metal, older counterparts like classical. Both share their motivation: to hear something dramatic and theatrical, a “love of the grandiose.”
A shopping mall in Australia is using…
A shopping mall in Australia is using classical music to stop teenagers from loitering.
A McDonald’s in Mount Annan, Sydney Aus …
A McDonald’s in Mount Annan, Sydney Austrailia has been playing classical music on purpose to force teenagers off of its premises at late night
Florida passed a law requiring toddlers …
Florida passed a law requiring toddlers in state-run schools to listen to classical music every day, and in 1998 the governor of Georgia budgeted $105,000 per year to provide every child born in Georgia with a tape or CD of classical music.