THE following bit on classical music was taken from an online university course:

“This genre has so many positives that everyone can benefit from. Adults, children, pets, and even unborn babies have a lot to gain from classical music. While listening to classical MUSIC regularly, you can even improve your health. Whether you need to study or just need to have some peaceful alone time, classical music can help you. We benefit from classical music in countless ways. Over all, we know that this music will help relax, and calm. So when you’re in a stressful situation, turn to classical[music] to help calm your nerves.”
There is now a National School of Music in the capital city. And all we can say is better late than never.
The enrolment there is encouraging and students have done well at the recent Royal School of Music examinations.
Thank heavens that with the deluge of the today kind of music flooding into our homes by way of radio, there are still a few who recognise the benefits of classical music.
Music students who intend to become performers and composers would do well to study classical music. And if you feel that you don’t intend to write classical music, so why study it, then take a page from the Beatles, who studied Indian classical music in India, and whose later compositions were enriched by what they learnt of the complex rhythm cycles that is the main column on which this splendid genre stands.
And of course, classical music grows on one. Just listen to it while you work, or when relaxing and you will soon find yourself caught up in the various moods portrayed by the composers.
Whether it be the calm Morning by Grieg, or the soothing, reflective Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, or the exotic, colourful Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakoff, classical music conjures up pictures that are unforgettable and that usher in a well-being that is good for the listener.
And glory be. There seems to be in our country a new interest among the powers that be with regard to serious music. We hear of music festivals coming back and each year the music teachers stage their young performers on stage and they are becoming better and better.
The Indian Cultural Centre offers lessons on Indian musical instruments.
All this, together with the new music school in Georgetown, seems to herald a resurgence in music that is good for you. And classical music is good for you.
It was Martin Luther who said, “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world”.
And here’s a thought. Some researchers say that if you play the music of Mozart in your poultry farm at night, the hens will lay more eggs.
That may or may not be so. But what we do know is that nothing beats listening to a Mozart concerto if you want to relax before going to bed.