Music As Medicine: The History Of Music Therapy Since Antiquity (music & Medicine)
by Peregrine Horden /
2000 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
