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Oliver sacks music7/1/2023 ![]() One chapter is devoted to research into what separates the memory capacities of professional musicians from civilians. ![]() Wrote Sacks: “The music was there, deep inside him – or somewhere – and all he had to do was let it come to him. Even when he wanted to play Chopin, recounted Sacks, “his own music ‘would come and take me over. Soon his head was filled with new original compositions. The man started buying sheet music and taught himself how to play Chopin, but it didn’t stop there. The doctor described a patient who, after being struck by lightning, became focused on classical music after a life of ambivalence. The neurologist’s curiosity on the foundation of music appreciation might answer questions about your husband’s baffling obsession with Dave Matthews. ![]()
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