The contemplative quality of a melancholy melody or the haunting beauty of a sad piano piece can stir a sense of serene tranquility, despite the bittersweet emotions it may evoke. Sadness evoked ...

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The orchestra scrambled to use temporary generators to cast some light on their music stands. Maestro Earle wondered how he ...

The Bethlem Royal Hospital (or Bedlam as it was also known by this period) is one of the world's oldest hospitals for the treatment of mental illness, and received visitors from around the world.

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Radden, Jennifer 2012. Clark Lawlor, From Melancholia to Prozac: A History of Depression. Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 49, Issue. 5, p. 750.

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