Classical music aficionados: Go away ... rather than worrying about what you’re supposed to get, thinking about what you do get. Comparing and contrasting, and debating preferences, is a ...

While this study, known as the "Mozart Effect," is debated, many researchers agree that classical music positively influences ...

By Joshua BaroneCorinna da Fonseca-WollheimZachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics ... and contextual thought to scores that reward curiosity.