How we react to music and art is in our genes, according to this research.
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It's often the case that sensisitivity to the arts contrasts with a lack of it in one's parents (e.g. Kenneth Williams, Ronald Firbank and their respective parents) but it may be inherited from a grandparent . My maternal grandmother, whom I never knew , is often creditied with having handed down (unwittingly, of course, ) the artistic and intellectual strain in our family. -
As far as I know, I was the first person in my family to study foreign languages and go to university, and our son graduated with a degree in French and Russian, since when he has gone on to become a fluent Japanese speaker (which is essential in one of his two jobs). He has not inherited his parents' love of classical music.Originally posted by smittims View PostComment
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My deep love of classical music was always a complete mystery to the wider family. There is no history of it whatsoever in grandparents on either side whereas my love of history definitely comes from my maternal grandfather.
The only solution anyone has been able to come up with is that I had the opportunity at an early age to discover music through radio and recordings whereas previous generations were denied those same opportunities."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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A curmudgeon writes: when did goose pimples become (almost universally) goosebumps? I was brought up with the former expression, and my mother would always dissuade me from using the Americanised form because we weren't, er... American. I rarely, if ever, hear "goose pimples" any more (although my thranness compels me to retain it in my own lexicon!).
I would echo Petrushka's first sentence above; the closest relative I had who exhibited deep love of classical music was a great-great aunt!Comment
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My parents and an older sister helped expose me to Classical music, but it was more the influence of a few friends in high school.Comment
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A letter writer to today's Times would agree!Originally posted by Tapiola View PostA curmudgeon writes: when did goose pimples become (almost universally) goosebumps? I was brought up with the former expression, and my mother would always dissuade me from using the Americanised form because we weren't, er... American. I rarely, if ever, hear "goose pimples" any more (although my thranness compels me to retain it in my own lexicon!).
I would echo Petrushka's first sentence above; the closest relative I had who exhibited deep love of classical music was a great-great aunt!
Sir, Goosebumps? I used to have goose pimples. What happened?
Margery Morgan
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She could be a relative or friend of Mrs Trellis of North Wales.Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostComment
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I suspect it's a transatlantic thing, e.g. potato crisps v. potato chips.Comment
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I’ve never heard of goose pimples. I think we used to say gooseflesh
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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