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A German professional cellist who suffered almost total memory loss has astonished doctors with his remarkable recall of music, the Guardian reported.

The 71-year-old, known as PM, had played with a major German orchestra before contracting an infection which devastated his brain's memory centers in 2005.

The illness left the musician with such profound amnesia that he could remember almost nothing of his past.

However, doctors who tested him found that he could identify the scales, rhythms and intervals of musical pieces, and the man went on to score normally on a standard test for musical memory.

But it was later tests that surprised doctors most, when the cellist showed he could learn new pieces of music.（点击英国《卫报》查看原文）

乐手失忆 乐感仍在

       据英国《卫报》报道，一名德国大提琴手近乎失去了全部记忆，但仍有非凡的音乐记忆力，这让医生非常吃惊。

       这名71岁的老人被称为PM，曾在德国的一个大交响乐队演奏，2005年感染病毒，大脑的记忆中心遭到严重破坏。

       这种病使得这名乐手完全失忆，他几乎想不起过去的任何事情。

       但医生对他进行了检查，发现他能分清乐曲的音阶、节奏、音程。在之后的音乐记忆力标准测试中，他也得分正常。

       不过，最让医生惊讶的是，后来测试还发现该大提琴手依然能学会新的乐曲。

(China.org.cn November 15, 2011)