Music Therapy and Recreation. Music, especially live, well played piano music, has an extraordinary effect on people with ALZHEIMER'S condition, and on people suffering from depression or disorientation.  Many of the aged whom we find spending their last years in rest or nursing homes get a sense of joy when listening to pleasant music, or when singing themselves.  This joy which is experienced through music affects the brain and the emotions, as we all know, but this joy can have a remarkable effect on people with alzheimer's.  I have seen many people recover from loss of memory through music as recreation ...