La traviata - chickenskin - how?

[klassiekerrally]

Listening to 'La traviata', performed by Luciano Pavarotti I got chickenskin (or is it called goosebumps?).
And that happened though I didn't understand a word.

If not the lyrics, what exactly makes music so powerful?

[Don]

klassiekerrally said:

If not the lyrics, what exactly makes music so powerful?

Wish I knew. But "art" is designed to provoke an emotional reponse - either to make you happy, sad, angry, whatever. Bored it is NOT supposed to make you!

If, listening to piece of wonderful music, you find a tear rolling down your cheek its not because you're a wuss! Its supposed to do that!

[kenny chim 4]

klassiekerrally said:

Listening to 'La traviata', performed by Luciano Pavarotti I got chickenskin (or is it called goosebumps?). And that happened though I didn't understand a word. If not the lyrics, what exactly makes music so powerful?

An even more emotive Verdi piece is the Hebrew Chorus (from his opera Nabucco). I'll bet that has a bigger impact.

[motco]

Verdi and Puccini were the Lloyd-Webbers of their day and knew all the tricks of musical techniques (diminished 7ths, etc) to make the hair on your neck stand up. Watch the whole opera (Traviata; or Madam Butterfly and La Boheme), learn the story and lyrics and the effect is multiplied. You will not be able to hear the overture to Traviata without feeling emotional.



Or maybe it's just me......

[dinkel]

With me it's even worse: i sometimes burst out in crying big time, listening in the car! Very dangerous.

As for punishment I've now got 'into the red' in . . . love that Tyrell startup . . .