Music that saddens

[snyprrr]

Yes, "light" music will make depression even worse.

Somewhere between the Pogues "Fairytale in New York" and Finzi lies my weak spot.

..."There's a tear in my beer"...

[schweitzeralan]

You might also be interested in this review of the subject, which is a more contemporary analysis of the field.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19338510?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

If you don't have access to an academic library then drop me a line as I'm pretty sure the Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences is not open access online.

Interesting uploads.  Quite technical as I can assume.  I haven't checked out if availability to access this information requires registration or something similar. To me sure music appreciation involves significant psychological adumbrations.  Much of this dialogue appears in the "music as spirituality" thread in this forum. Also interesting to note is that listeners, or even performers, vary in their assessment or feelings toward music that saddens; e.g. I happen to love the pianistic work "Musica Callada" of Mompou.  I think it's impressionistic and conveys great psychological insights, impressions, sense of distance, contemplation, and so forth.  My wife, on the other hand, believes that the work is exceedingly depressive and sad. I don't get that at all.