# Music and the Brain: Halt or I'll Play Vivaldi

Jacqueline Helfgott and Norman Middleton examine the use of classical music by law enforcement and other cultural institutions as social control, to quell and prevent crime. Their conversation touches on how classical music is viewed in contemporary culture, how it can be a tool for discouraging criminal activity and anti-social behavior, as well as its history as a mind-altering experience.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- By: Library Of Congress. Music Division
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688203/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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