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Table 1 Description of the calm and stressful music which each lasted for 10 minutes

From: Resting energy expenditure is not influenced by classical music

Calm music

Stressful music

Composer

Piece of music

Composer

Piece of music

Erik Satie

Gymnopédie No 1

Béla Bartók

String quartet No 4 prestissimo con sordino

Erik Satie

Gymnopédie No 3

Igor Stravinsky

From The Fire Bird: "Infernal dance of all Kashcers's subjects"

Johann Sebastian Bach

Air

Hans Werner Henze

2nd movement "Dies irae" from Requiem for piano, trumpet and chamber orchestra