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What makes sad music sad?

by Moira Farr

illustration by Radek Drutis

Published in the May 2008 issue.  » BUY ISSUE     

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As for me, I’m not going out of my way to see Guy Maddin’s film The Saddest Music in the World, but Garnet Rogers, Rufus Wainwright, and a host of other favourites are once again welcome on my iPod. I’m grateful to have that restored as a listener — the strange human capacity to enjoy feeling sad.
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Anonymous: sad songs ...blue moods of spain by SPAIN April 17, 2008 15:11 EST

ace: Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Matapedia:
"Why Must We Die?"
April 26, 2008 09:31 EST

Andre: This was a great story. Generally when I read articles where authors try to explain something like music or sex or love from a psychological or physiological framework I am left feeling like the elementary aged children on The Simpsons who are sitting in a semi-circle listening to Prof Frink explain the vast intricacies of a play toy.

Minor Keys was fun to read May 14, 2008 06:02 EST

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