Musical Hypnosis: Sound and Selfhood from Mesmerism to Brainwashing

Musical Hypnosis: Sound and Selfhood from Mesmerism to Brainwashing

Music has longbeen associatedwith trance states, but very little has beenwritten about the modernwestern discussion ofmusic as a form of hypnosis or ‘brainwashing’. However, fromMesmer’s use of the glass armonica to the supposed dangers of subliminal messages in heavy metal, the idea thatmusic can overwhelm listeners’ self-control has been a recurrent theme. In particular, the concepts of autom...

Mesmerism (?)

MussuMMAT Ntjnnee, aged 24years?a Kurmee by caste? ?was admitted into hospital on the 1st March, 1872. History.?She states she was married about twelve years ago, but did not go to her husband's house for two years afterwards. The first time she went, she remained well and hearty in his house for about eight days, and then tell into an insensible state, in which she remained for two or three da...

Musical Sound Information

Computer music is not the artistic expression of an exclusive set of composers that it used to be. Musicians and composers have grown to expect much more from electronics and computers than their ability to create "out-of-this-world" sounds for a tape piece. Silicon has already made its way on stage, in real-time musical environments, and computer music has evolved from being an abstract layer ...

Mesmerism, Galvanism and Quackery

Musical Ideas for Synthetic Sound

Time is running short. So let me be concise. Brevity may cause omissions. Gaps caused by omission can be filled in later. If you have questions, remember them. After I have finished lecturing, I shall try to answer the questions you then will ask. First let us hear something of which nobody should be able to say immediately and with sure conviction whether it is music or noise. Nor do you have ...