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Monday Music: Instrumental bangers

By: Jacob Mattie, Peak Associate From the long hours spent with course materials, many of us are probably getting to know our study playlists pretty intimately. While studies have shown that songs with lyrics can be distracting, this does not mean instrumental music will help you focus — take, for example, the songs listed here. They simply slap too hard. “Waltz No. 2” by Dmitri Shostakovich [caption id="attachment_119586" align="alignnone" width="297"] Image courtesy of Klanglogo[/caption] A lively romance — Shostakovich absolutely lets loose in this bop of a waltz, dropped sometime after 1956. Suite for Variety Orchestra, the collection this song…

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