Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

Director, Music Cognition Lab; Author, "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind."
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From Funerals To Festivals, The Curious Journey Of The 'Adagio For Strings'

Elizabeth Margulis February 15, 2019

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music in the world. It's become America's semi-official music for mourning, used at Franklin Delano Roosevelt's funeral and after JFK's assassination. But somewhere along the way, it went from an anthem of sadness to one of joy. Read on ->

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Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

Director, Music Cognition Lab; Author, "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind."

Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis is the director of the Music Cognition Lab at the University of Arkansas and author of "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind" from Oxford University Press.