Research Ideas for Rebekah

Blood, A. J., and R. J. Zatorre. "Intensely Pleasurable Responses to Music Correlate with Activity in    Brain Regions Implicated in Reward and Emotion." Proceedings of the National Academy of  Sciences 98.20 (2001): 11818-1823. Web. <http://www.pnas.org/content/98/20/11818.abstract>.

- This article is really interesting, talks about linking "music with biologically relevant, survival-related stimuli," which I thought you could use as a 'why' behind the music chosen as motifs.

Calderazzo, Diana. "Music, Magic and Human Experience." The Sondheim ReviewWinter 2014: 8-    9. ProQuest. Web. 22 Feb. 2016 .

http://search.proquest.com/iipa/docview/1650374893/3C3D04F27689428EPQ/4?accountid=4488

- This article talks about musical motifs specifically in Into the Woods, but I think the information they have about how the motif evolves in relation to the plot is really interesting and might be something you could look at in your essay.

Radigales, Jaume. "Music and European Identity: Notes on Pere Portabella's "the Silence before Bach"." Music, Sound, and the Moving Image 4.2 (2010): 213-24. ProQuest. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

http://search.proquest.com/iipa/docview/850706480/24A5A270794B475BPQ/1?accountid=4488

- Again, this article looks specifically at Bach, but in your essay you talk about the use of silence. This addresses "metaphors built through the interaction of image, music and silence."

Farrell, Peter. "Music Reviews: Instrumental Solo and Ensemble Music by K. Lendvay, M. Merlet, C. Wolff, M. Gideon." Notes - Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 39.2 (1982): 456. ProQuest. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

http://search.proquest.com/docview/740671918?accountid=4488

This isn’t a scholarly article, but it’s an opinion piece/performance review.  It talks about how the reaction to music is actually an art in and of itself. So it could be interesting for you to talk about your reaction to the music (if you had any), it also talks about how the music is more rewarding if the listener remains open.  [This was useful to me because I don’t have a big background in music, but it might already be full of stuff you know.]

Meyer, Thomas J., and Melvin M. Mark. "Effects Of Psychosocial Interventions With Adult Cancer Patients: A Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Experiments." Health Psychology 14.2 (1995): 101-108. PsycARTICLES. Web. 22 Feb. 2016.

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?sid=08e309b5-6cd2-405c-9801-91d773784af0%40sessionmgr4002&vid=0&hid=4101&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=1995-22645-001&db=pdh

You also talk about music in relation to Vivian’s feelings as she finds out she has cancer and undergoes treatment. This article tested sociality (mostly in terms of therapy) and how it affected “predominantly white, females.” You could look at the differences of music as she interacts with different people in the hospital.