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DoveSong.Com is a public educational
service dedicated to providing information about the great music
traditions of the world... classical and folk music that touches
the spirit. As pure natural foods and fresh air help contribute
to a healthy body, music that is pure and inspired contributes
to healthy emotions and spirit. Created by composer
Don Robertson
and Mary Ellen Bickford, DoveSong.com went online in January,
1997 to acquaint people worldwide with the greatness of music,
and to make available many of the World's great masterpieces of
music. Thousands visit DoveSong.com each day. Join them and
enjoy!
The term positive music was
coined by Don Robertson in 1968, when he first realized that
just as there are both negative and positive emotions, there are
positive and negative types of music. DoveSong uses the term
positive music to describe the effect of musical sound, not
the lyrical content or the message of a song, a common use of
the term today. Music has specific effects, the same for
everyone, depending on its melodic, harmonic and rhythmic
structure. The reason that some people interpret the effect of
some musical compositions differently than others is because
individual screening processes may cause a filtration effect
that causes personal prejudices and feelings to alter the
emotional result.
Just as there is music of a positive nature, there is also
negative music, and (as ancient philosophers stated) during
times of turmoil and confusion, negative music can rear its
head. This occurred during the 20th Century in both Western
classical music and in popular genres such as heavy metal, punk,
grunge and industrial music. For the record, Dovesong.com does
not take a stand against any kind of negative music. Our
purpose, rather, is to help educate and acquaint interested
people with the World's great positive music traditions, always
knowing that each person is free to choose the music they listen
to. You many learn more about positive music by visiting these
links:
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