Classical Music and Children

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is not only a catalyst to the potential intelligence of unborn babies, his work can also be a catalyst to the satisfaction of the vibrational needs of your older children. Do you have a child or children caught up in preteen pop music or teenage heavy metal, rap music, or other types of rock and roll (you know; loud music in their room, stereo-headphones on the rest of the time with the walkman in tow, or MTV on the boob-tube all the time?).
You will probably need about an hour and an empty house or apartment to test this idea and see if you think it will work for you. Get the requiem mass named Requiem by Mozart (K626 on the Kochel scale, started by Mozart but actually completed by his student F.X. Sussmayr based on Mozart's sketches and instructions). Queue up to the third track on the album/cd, which should be named "Sequentia" and try to have the words and the English translation available (it is written in Latin). Set the volume to a level that is barely audible for you and play the track. After you have played it once, you can increase the volume just a little and play it again (it is only a couple of minutes long). You can keep repeating this process until you get to a point that the volume is as loud as when your children play their rock and roll. At that point, you can determine if you think that the track is comparable to some of the rock and roll your children listen to (Metallica? Megadeath?), and you can determine what you think your rock and roll children might think of the track. If you test this idea, you should not be surprised if at some point you find yourself experiencing strong emotions. If you like the track, you might try playing it when your children are around and see if satisfies their vibrational needs, and if your children appear to like the track, you can play them some other select Mozart compositions that might also satisfy them.
Some other good Mozart compositions that might also satisfy the vibrational needs of your rock and roll children are in Die Zauberflote (K620, The Magic Flute), specifically the "Overture," and the tracks entitled "O zittre nicht" and "Der holle rache." Another good example can be found in Le Nozze Di Figaro (K492), if you go to the track that is the finale of the third act, which should be named "Ecco la marcia," and play it the same way as above; barely audible at first, then working up the volume. And from that point on; good luck.