<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5ef454db-df14-4d94-b2b8-26a2cc32d729/AA1C1B21-BDD2-4C82-9B19-7527841C07A2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm" href="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.shumeiarts.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.shumeiarts.org/img/71813CBF-48EE-4C44-BA2E-FA07A9251BC0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm"><P align="center"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="7"><FONT size="5" color="#e50089">Music and the Brain</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm"><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">by <B>Roy Mueller</B>, </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Greek word "mousa," meaning muse, the spirit-source of genius or inspiration, is the etymological root of both "museum" and "music." Centuries ago, two of the great Greek philosophers, Socrates and Plato, gained distinction as musicians and regarded the art of music as indispensable to the health of the soul. Plato believed that musical training was a more potent instrument than any other in the integration of the human being. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shumeiarts.org/article_mueller.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Pythagoreans believed that tones or combinations of tones could stimulate the growth of plants, moderate the passions of men, stimulate all types of emotions and thoughts, react upon inert substances, and evoke the most exalted feelings and aspirations. Even architecture was "music in stone" and a properly proportioned building could be "played" as though it were a piece of music. </FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AA1C1B21-BDD2-4C82-9B19-7527841C07A2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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