Re:2Cammie

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Dale, I think Mozart would have served me equally well -- actually,

he's my all-time fave, and can lift me out of any depression I've

ever hit. He's a lot gayer, if I may use that word in its old-

fashioned context, than the Most Serious Herr Bach and family. Who

knows??? -- I might have been up and trying to dance with my nurse

across the recovery room!

But the Bach, best I remember, was part of a set (The Jacket Set) one

of my all-time best buds gave me. It had a bunch of the partitas,

fugues, English suites, etc., all on a looooong CD. That was

important to me -- that it continued for a long time before

repeating. I did use a machine that kept on going at least as long as

that infamous Bunny. I would not have been up to changing discs, I

think. But it kept on keeping on, and fell into a rhythm that let me

expect the next one. I do believe that even the great b minor Mass

would have worked, as it has become familiar and beloved to me.

I wouldn't advise abandoning your therapy tapes for it, but I do

believe it worked well for me. So would Mozart, methinks.

I can, somehow, pick the pattern of the programming up, for good or

evil. (I also like using Bach, Mozart and others -- New Orleans' own

Louis Moreau Gottschalk included -- on the treadmill.)

Anyhow, this Bach was Glenn Gould, on piano (I'm not crazy about the

organ stuff; forgive my prejudices), who is to me both the most

eccentric and the most wondrous of Bach interpreters. And there was

indeed something about the rhythm, order and structure of it all that

guided me through the night -- or at least I felt it did -- when I

was seeing odd sights that I knew did not exist in truth. (Who knows

WHAT I might have done with Gottschalk's Latin rhythms? Ordered

crawfish etouffee for dinner, maybe?)

C

> Hi Cammie,

> I'm lining up some Mozart post recovery room. However, if you can

recommend

> some Bach, it would be appreciated. Thanks again for all the great

advice.

> With regards,

> Dale