What impact does music have on awakening intelligences, outside of musical intelligences?

There is evidence to indicate that music can enhance
certain faculties of the mind.  Studies done with small children indicate that
instruction in music, particularly piano instruction, enables kids to develop abstract
reasoning skills as well as spatial reasoning abilities.  Studies also show that
enhanced performance in math and logic accompanies  proficiency in music.  Music can
help awaken ideas and learning across the curriculum:

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...Music develops critical thinking skills and
improves skills in reading, writing, and math. Music develops and improves spatial
intelligence, which transfers to high-level math and science. It develops perceptual
skills necessary in many academic areas (Kelstrom, 1998, para.
31-32).

It is to this end
that I think one can make a solid argument that music can awaken dormant intelligences
within the individual.

From a more holistic learning
perspective, I think that music proficiency can increase learning because it helps to
trigger greater levels of understanding within the student.  For example, the idea of
music containing specific memories can allow different parts of the brain to be accessed
in a wide ranging and non- limiting recollection experience.  It is for this reason that
in many secondary school classes on poetry, there is an emphasis on music in the study
of poetry, as it helps to unlock and trigger experiences that can translate into poetic
exploration.