I heard this NPR story on the radio. Wiring musicians up to measure their
physical response to music -- yes, it is an old idea indeed. One of the books
about Herbert von Karajan (I can't remember which one) describes how he had
himself wired and then conducted a rehearsal or whatever with his blood pressure,
temperature, et cetera being measured and recorded. That may have been twenty
or twenty-five years ago, however. History much too ancient for the producers
of this story to have known about.
Hey Walt Whitman suggested this more than a century ago with " I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC"
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A music researcher Dan Levitin will be attaching physiological sensors to a conductor, orchestra members, and audience members during a concert performance. Hear the story on npr's archive. If this link doesn't work directly, search for Levitin in the past week on NPR's archives. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5331994 The page you come up with also shows you links to other music-related stories.
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