Why do babies love music?
Why do we seem to love music from the day we're born? Are we born musical? Tom Service and experts reveal how babies interact with all kinds of music.
Why do we seem to love music from the day we're born? Are we born musical or do we learn it along the way?
Whether it's melodies by Mozart, Queen, nursery rhymes or Baby Shark, music seems to captivate our babies - but what is it about these tunes that they're enjoying?
Tom is joined by infant psychology expert Dr Laurel Trainor to find out how babies really interact with music - what are they hearing in the womb? Do they have musical preferences? Does participating in music have any developmental benefits? And is there any truth in the so-called Mozart effect?
How do you go about writing music for tiny people? Andrew Davenport, creator and composer of iconic pre-school hit In the Night Garden and Moon and Me explains how babies and music go hand in hand.
And Tom finds out why we've sung lullabies to our infants all over the world since Babylonian times.
Hannah Thorne - producer
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What can babies hear in the womb?
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Benjamin Britten
Simple symphony Op.4 for string orchestra or string quartet
Performer: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Decca.
- 4175092.
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Johannes Brahms
5 Songs Op.49
Performer: Tom's Music Box.- Sweet pie records.
- 192914639947.
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3rd Bass
Pop Goes The Weasel
- Columbia.
- SELECT 001.
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Pinkfong
Baby Shark
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in G major K.525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- decca.
- 4337622.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major D.485
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 423-654-2.
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
- PARLOPHONE.
- 0777-78949220.
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Andrew Davenport
In the Night Garden Opening Theme
- 91热爆 MUSIC.
- LTDMG016.
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Andrew Davenport
Tombliboo Bricks
- 91热爆 MUSIC.
- LTDMG016.
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Andrew Davenport
Hello Igglepiggle
- 91热爆 MUSIC.
- LTDMG016.
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Andrew Davenport
Hello Macca Pakka
- 91热爆 MUSIC.
- LTDMG016.
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Andrew Davenport
The Tittifers Bedtime Song
- 91热爆 MUSIC.
- LTDMG016.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C major K.545 for piano
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
- 427 768-2.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no. 5 in B flat major D.485
Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre.- Naive.
- V5299.
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Tot贸 la Momposina
Mami Wata
Performer: Tot贸 la Momposina.- Rough Guides.
- RGNET1255CD.
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Johannes Brahms
5 Songs Op.49
Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz. Performer: Truls M酶rk.- VIRGIN.
- VC5450522.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Dolly - suite Op.56 for piano duet
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Philips.
- 4201592.
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Richard Strauss
5 Lieder Op.41
Conductor: Kurt Masur. Performer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.- PHILIPS.
- 411 052-2.
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Eric Whitacre
Seal lullaby
Performer: Eric Whitacre Singers.- DECCA.
- DECCA-2743209.
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Ellie Greenwich
Be My Baby
Performer: The Ronettes. Composer: Jeff Barry. Composer: Phil Spector.- Phil Spector Records.
- 0777 7-80316 2 8.
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