Thought for the day by Charles Handy on music's power, as the universal language, to significantly influence people. Handy begins the thought discussing his time spent at the Aldeburgh Festival of Music, and how it represented the reversal of the original Pentecost because all were using the universal language of music. He goes on to discuss how he witnessed Ben Zander teach businessmen and women how to sing Ode to Joy in German, and in tune, in order to highlight how no one is tone deaf and, in music as in business, people tend to focus too much on problems rather than possibilities. Handy notes that, given these musical experiences, he will try his best to look at his fellow human beings as pools of possibilities, rather than sources of problems.
Handy, Charles B Pentecost Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 Monteverdi Choir Zander, Benjamin, 1939- Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Guido, d'Arezzo
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Thought for the day by Charles Handy on music's power, as the universal language, to significantly influence people, June 14, 2000; Charles Handy Papers; Box 18, Folder 15; 1 page
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