Autor/es reacciones

José Francisco Ortega Castejón

Professor of Music at the Faculty of Education, University of Murcia, and editor of the flamenco research journal La Madrugá.

When I skimmed through the article, I found it curious and interesting. Various related topics came to mind, such as the Romantic writers, particularly Goethe, and the trend of suicide among young people, which his famous novel inadvertently inaugurated. I also remembered Ortega's concept of the “mass man”, not to mention the musical trends that, whether through social media or promoted by music producers, always with an eye on what sells, run rampant and triumph without us ever fully understanding why, at least in terms of their dubious value.  

In any case, thinking only about the melody, it has been proven that we choose the music we want to listen to based on our mood: if you feel sad, you opt for music that deepens your pain; if your body wants to party, you look for something more lively and upbeat. And this, handled wisely, can be used as therapy. Applied to texts, I imagine, something similar could be said. 

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