{"id":49727,"date":"2024-11-13T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T12:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/815a6265-a7be-41c7-ab48-2ea6febcdc15"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:07:16","slug":"music-for-studying-15-great-works-for-mental-focus-and-concentration","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/music-for-studying-15-great-works-for-mental-focus-and-concentration\/","title":{"rendered":"Music for studying: 15 great works for mental focus and concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 at 12:07 PM<\/p>

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Is music a useful study aid? It\u2019s by no means a given: for every fan of background sound, you\u2019ll find a refusenik who insists on complete silence. The right sort of music, though, really can prove useful in ushering in a calm, contemplative atmosphere that helps even the most fiendish French verb to percolate the brain. Here are some of the greatest works of classical music for studying and keeping you focused on the task at hand without getting distracted…<\/p>

The best classical music for studying<\/h2>

Bach: Goldberg Variations<\/em><\/h3>
\u2018Bach<\/a><\/strong> is best\u2019, runs the old adage, and you could probably tack the phrase \u2018\u2026for studying to\u2019 on the end. Much of the great man\u2019s output is excellent for swotting to, with its rigorous internal discipline and precision-tooled structures. But which of his many works to choose? We\u2019ll go for the much-loved Goldberg Variations<\/a><\/strong><\/em> for piano, reasoning that solo instrumental work \u2013 without the attention-grabbing clamour of multiple voices \u2013 makes the ideal companion to a long, book-bound evening.\u00a0<\/p>
We also named Bach’s Goldberg Variations <\/em>as one of the best Bach works for beginners<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>

<\/div> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chopin: Etudes<\/h3> <p>Clue\u2019s in the name, perhaps? Well, yes and no: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/frederic-chopin\">Chopin<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Etudes are not so much music to study to (<em>\u00e9tudier<\/em>) as actual proper \u2018studies\u2019 for pianists to hone their skills on. However, they also make a fine sonic backdrop to a long session with, say, complex cell structures or the imports and exports of Argentina.<\/p> <p>There\u2019s something about those nimble, keyboard-spanning arpeggios, as heard in Op. 10 No. 1 or Op. 25 No.11, that shakes off the cerebral cobwebs and gets the brain fired up for action \u2013 the aural equivalent of a double espresso shot, if you like.<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/science-of-music\/the-mozart-effect-does-mozart-actually-make-you-smarter\">The Mozart Effect: does Mozart actually make you smarter?<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debussy: <em>Images<\/em><\/h3> <p>More solo pianism: this time, though, from the more serene end of the spectrum. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/claude-debussy\">Debussy<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s six<em> Images<\/em> are glorious examples of musical scene-painting, depicting (among others) the play of sunlight on water and the sound of church bells through the trees. This is music at its most gently contemplative, ushering in a mood of receptive quietism.\u00a0<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Claude Debussy - Images (Moravec)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dE413i1eAso?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>We named Debussy’s <em>Images <\/em>as one of the best pieces of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/debussy-for-beginners-the-best-works-by-debussy-to-introduce-to-classical-music-newcomers\">Debussy music for beginners<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <p>We name the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/best-recordings-debussys-images\">best recordings of Debussy’s <em>Images <\/em>here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Philip Glass: <em>Music in Twelve Parts<\/em><\/h3> <p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/philip-glass\">Philip Glass<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s music, concentrating as it does on repetition and slow build-up of drama and narrative, can make for a perfect study soundtrack. There are many options, but we\u2019ll suggest<em> Music in Twelve Parts<\/em> \u2013 and not just because this monumental, 12-movement work clocks in at around four hours, so you won\u2019t get those jarring gear changes every few minutes as your music player seeks something \u2018similar\u2019.<\/p> <p>This is the piece in which Glass\u2019s musical signatures \u2013 minimalist soundscapes, slow but inexorable momentum, almost imperceptible changes in the musical argument \u2013 are heard most eloquently. It all plays off as one immense intellectual exercise in sonic, motivic possibility.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bruckner: Symphony No. 5<\/h3> <p>If we\u2019re talking about music that builds its drama steadily and inexorably, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/anton-bruckner\">Bruckner<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s monumental, slow-burn <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/symphony\">symphonies<\/a><\/strong> are fine examples. The Fifth\u2019s gradual accretion of tension, and the vast sonic edifices it crafts so imperturbably, are highly satisfying on both an emotional and an intellectual plane.\u00a0<\/p> <p>We name the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/bruckner-symphony-5\">best recordings of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5 here<\/a><\/strong>. And here’s a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/which-is-the-best-bruckner-symphony\">ranking of all nine numbered Bruckner symphonies<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ludovico Einaudi: <em>Le Onde<\/em> (The Waves)<\/h3> <p>If it\u2019s meditative, evenly paced music that you\u2019re after, few composers come more highly recommended than <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/ludovico-einaudi\">Ludovico Einaudi<\/a><\/strong>. Cohesion, simplicity and optimism are the prevailing moods in the Italian\u2019s music: all fine accompaniments to an afternoon of calm, focused study.<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/ludovico-einaudi-best-albums\">Ludovico Einaudi’s top 5 albums<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/einaudi-why-does-the-musical-phenomenon-still-struggle-to-find-acceptance-in-the-classical-music-world\">Why does Einaudi struggle to find acceptance in the classical music world?<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde (Live at the Old Vic Tunnels \/ 2011)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EmStlUk8dKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beethoven: <em>Diabelli <\/em>Variations<\/h3> <p>There\u2019s something intellectually satisfying about the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/what-are-variations\">theme-and-variations<\/a><\/strong> form. A theme is laid out, and then worked on methodically and painstakingly \u2013 mined for possible combinations, alternate modes of expression. There are many theme-and-variations examples, but as an aid to creative thinking <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/ludwig-van-beethoven\">Beethoven<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s<em> Diabelli <\/em>Variations works a treat.<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/why-do-so-many-composers-write-variations\">This is why so many composers write variations<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/greatest-musical-variations\">The 7 greatest musical variations ever written<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> <p>Beethoven takes a simple waltz by the 19th-century composer Anton Diabelli, then proceeds to harvest it for no fewer than 33 interpretations, each one as ingenious and satisfying as its neighbours. The miracle here is how Beethoven seizes upon some of the waltz\u2019s simplest patterns and motifs, and from these basic kernels constructs music of huge imagination and ingenuity. Any <em>Diabelli<\/em>-inspired study session should find you in similarly fertile form.<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/previously-unheard-chopin-waltz-is-a-precious-find\">Previously unheard Chopin Waltz is a \u2018precious find\u2019<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li> <\/ul> <p>We included the <em>Diabelli <\/em>Variations in our list of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/top-20-beethoven-works\">best Beethoven works<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi \u2013 <em>The Four Seasons<\/em><\/h3> <p>Listening to Max Richter\u2019s 2012 reimagining of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/antonio-vivaldi\">Vivaldi<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s much-loved <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/five-unusual-interpretations-vivaldis-four-seasons\">The Four Seasons<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is a hugely satisfying experience. Richter borrows, adds, reinvents and transposes irresistibly, so that an oh-so-familiar masterpiece is both comfortingly present and also strangely, thrillingly renewed.<\/p> <p>This is music that will float by unobtrusively \u2013 yet also suggest myriad new sonic (and, we\u2019d bet, intellectual) possibilities. Sometimes having tunes while we’re working can be distracting, so this is a great piece of classical music for studying because it’s similar… yet different.<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/what-post-classical-music\">What is post-classical music?<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/best-ambient-classical\">Einaudi, Richter, Sakamoto: 18 definitive ambient classical albums you should hear<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recomposed by Max Richter - Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, 1. Spring (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DLDvbnK_Sqk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto<\/h3> <p>OK, the science bit. Studies of brain activity in different sound environments have demonstrated that a sonic frequency of 40Hz is particularly beneficial to mental performance. And, for the even-more-science bit, this is probably because our brain cells themselves communicate at that self-same 40Hz \u2013 sound at this frequency appears to produce unusually high levels of cognition, clarity and alertness.<\/p> <p>But what sort of music is actually played at 40Hz? Well, the tuba and double bass are among the only instruments to get down this low (elsewhere, the bassoon spans down to 60Hz, while the violin bottoms out at around 200Hz).<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/whats-the-lowest-note-ever-sung\">What’s the lowest note ever sung?<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> <p>Casting around for pieces for these instruments, we come first to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/ralph-vaughan-williams\">Vaughan Williams<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Tuba <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-concerto\">Concerto<\/a><\/strong>. Written two years before his Eighth Symphony, the work inhabits a similarly playful soundworld. Come for the brain-enhancing low notes; stay for the wonderful music.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1<\/h3> <p>Not all study sessions need to be soundtracked with peaceful melodies. Yes, such patient, evenly paced music may be just the thing for a session on calculus or the valencies of various chemical elements. But what about those more emotionally involving tasks? Rounding off a piece of creative writing, for example, or building to the final, doubt-shattering climax of a thesis?<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prokofjew: 1. Sinfonie (\u00bbSymphonie classique\u00ab) \u2219 hr-Sinfonieorchester \u2219 Fran\u00e7ois Leleux\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5W18N6GipdE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>In this case, something more rousing may be a better fit. And music doesn\u2019t come much more exhilarating than <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/sergey-prokofiev\">Prokofiev<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s \u2018Classical\u2019 Symphony. Essentially 20 minutes of symphonic high spirits, the \u2018Classical\u2019 is jampacked with uplifting melodies, while the final movement will have you grinning with joy as you put the finishing touches to your own magnum opus.\u00a0A perfect piece of classical music for studying.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra<\/h3> <p>Composers are, in general, an intelligent bunch \u2013 the kind of mental rigour and compartmentalisation required to orchestrate a symphony, say, is not given to us all. But even in such company, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/anton-von-webern\">Anton Webern<\/a><\/strong> stands out. The Austrian pioneer of 12-tone music, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-is-serialism\">Serialism<\/a><\/strong>, wrote music of impressive sophistication and complexity, and studied for a PhD in musicology.<\/p> <p>We\u2019re hoping that some of that intellect rubs off on you every time you sit down to study with his music in the background. For a gentle start, though, go with one of his shorter and comparatively accessible pieces \u2013 the atmospheric Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op.\u00a06, from 1909.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mozart: Symphony No. 41<\/h3> <p>If we\u2019re talking clever composers, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/mozart\">Mozart<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 thought to have an IQ of around 150-155, safely in \u2018genius\u2019 territory \u2013 definitely needs a mention. Like Bach\u2019s before it, Mozart\u2019s music testifies to a supremely organised and sophisticated mind, able to coordinate several different patterns or musical arguments at a time.<\/p> <p>This is nowhere more evident than in the astonishing final movement of his last symphony, the \u2018Jupiter\u2019 No. 41. This tour-de-force of classical choreography is a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/fugue\">fugue<\/a><\/strong> containing no fewer than five voices, all wrapping around each other seamlessly and, increasingly, joyously.<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magnificent Counterpoint in the Finale of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTxYykhQZbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <p>This is clearly the product of a brilliant mind. And there\u2019s surely a chance that some of that dazzling intellect and machine-tooled precision will rub off as you pore over those thermal physics textbooks. Mozart truly does make you smarter \u2013\u00a0so use this masterpiece of classical music for studying and see how your grades improve.<\/p> <p>We named the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony as one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-of-mozart\">best works by Mozart<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missy Mazzoli: <em>These Worlds in Us<\/em><\/h3> <p>There\u2019s a sort of cosmic serenity to<em> These Worlds in Us<\/em>, a short 2006 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/what-instruments-make-up-an-orchestra\">orchestral<\/a><\/strong> piece by the New York-based composer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/m\/who-is-missy-mazzoli\">Missy Mazzoli<\/a><\/strong>. In particular, its rhythmic patterns and cyclical structure are inspired by Balinese music, which has its own particular tension and inexorable logic. Calm with a sense of wonder: the perfect study soundtrack, as well as being unusually beautiful and atmospheric in its\u00a0own right.\u00a0<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Missy Mazzoli - These Worlds In Us\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XeRtUWMqB8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anything by Hildegard von Bingen<\/h3> <p>We\u2019ve maintained a strict no-vocals policy thus far, but we\u2019ll relax that rule to allow in some of the beatific sounds of the 12th-century abbess and polymath <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/music-hildegard-von-bingen\">Hildegard von Bingen<\/a><\/strong>. The combination of heavenly voices floating over a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/medieval-music-guide\">Medieval<\/a><\/strong> fiddle drone or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/instruments\/what-is-a-harp\">harp<\/a><\/strong> makes for a suitably serene backdrop, allowing the mind to zone in on the task at hand. <em>Canticles of Ecstasy,<\/em> the 1993 release from the early music ensemble Sequentia, makes an excellent introduction to the work of the (literally) visionary abbess.<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/best-medieval-composers\">Best Medieval composers<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/instruments\/medieval-musical-instruments\">Ten strange and fascinating Medieval musical instruments<\/a><\/strong><\/li> <\/ul> <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cage: <em>4’33”<\/em><\/h3> <p>Silence in the library, please! If the very idea of music for studying is anathema to you, we\u2019ve got you covered too \u2013 thanks to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/what-is-the-point-of-john-cage-433\">John Cage’s <em>4’33”<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. The ever-adventurous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/john-cage\">Cage<\/a><\/strong> wrote this legendarily noteless minimalist composition in 1952. The sound of silence indeed.<\/p> <figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"> <div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4'33" by John Cage - John Cage Live at the Barbican - BBC Four Collections\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yoAbXwr3qkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/> <\/div> <\/figure> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 at 12:07 PM Is music a useful study aid? It\u2019s by no means a given: for every fan of background sound, you\u2019ll find a refusenik who insists on complete silence. 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