The Study of Music Therapy: Current Issues and Concepts

Kenneth S Aigen

ISBN 10: 0415626404 / ISBN 13: 9780415626408

Editore: Taylor & Francis Dez 2013, 2013

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Neuware - This comprehensive volume addresses the issues in music therapy that are central to understanding it in its scholarly dimensions, how it is evolving, and how it connects to related academic disciplines. It draws on a multi-disciplinary approach to look at the defining issues of music therapy as a scholarly discipline, rather than as an area of clinical practice, but also does not assume detailed prior knowledge of the subject. The Study of Music Therapy: Current Issues and Concepts gathers many of the major issues currently debated in music therapy, and provides a critical overview of the prevailing opinions on these issues.

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• Titolo: The Study of Music Therapy: Current Issues and Concepts
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Dez 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415626404
• ISBN 13: 9780415626408
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 249 L x 180 A x 23 P (millimetri) 249 millimetri di larghezza per 180 millimetri di altezza per 23 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 640 grammi

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This book addresses the issues in music therapy that are central to understanding it in its scholarly dimensions, how it is evolving, and how it connects to related academic disciplines. It draws on a multi-disciplinary approach to look at the defining issues of music therapy as a scholarly discipline, rather than as an area of clinical practice. It is the single best resource for scholars interested in music therapy because it focuses on the areas that tend to be of greatest interest to them, such as issues of definition, theory, and the function of social context, but also does not assume detailed prior knowledge of the subject.

Some of the topics discussed include defining the nature of music therapy, its relation to current and historical uses of music in human well-being, and considerations on what makes music therapy work. Contemporary thinking on the role of neurological theory, early interaction theory, and evolutionary considerations in music therapy theory are also reviewed. Within each of these areas, the author presents an overview of the development of thinking, discusses contrasting positions, and offers a personalized synthesis of the issue. The Study of Music Therapy is the only book in music therapy that gathers all the major issues currently debated in the field, providing a critical overview of the predominance of opinions on these issues.

Informazioni sull?autore

Kenneth Aigen is an associate professor in music therapy at New York University. He is president of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy (NRMT) Foundation and the International Trust for NRMT. He is a past–president of the American Association for Music Therapy and a recipient of the Research and Publications Award from the American Music Therapy Association.