MUSIC AS MEDICINE by Peregrine Horden (Editor) ( 9781351557450 )

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Title:

MUSIC AS MEDICINE
THE HISTORY OF MUSIC THERAPY SINCE ANTIQUITY

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ISBN 10:

1351557459

ISBN 13:

9781351557450

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 July, 2017

Pages:

416

Synopsis:

Music, whether performed or heard, has been seen as therapeutic in the history of many cultures. How have its therapeutic properties been conceptualized and explained? Which cultures have used music therapy? What were their aims and techniques, and how much continuity is there between ancient, medieval and modern practice? These are the questions addressed by the essays in this volume. They focus on the place of music therapy in European intellectual, medical and musical traditions, from their classical roots to the development of the music therapy profession since the Second World War. Chapters covering the Judaic, Islamic, Indian and South-East Asian traditions add global, comparative perspectives. Music as Medicine is the first book to establish the whole shape of the history of music therapy in a systematic and scholarly way. It addresses the problem of defining what music therapy has meant in different cultures and periods, and sets the agenda for future research in the subject. It will appeal to a diverse readership of historians, musicologists, anthropologists, and practitioners.

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Routledge

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