Listening, Playing, Creating: Essays on the Power of Sound

Kenny, Carolyn Bereznak

A book on the therapeutic quality of music. Musicians, philosophers, music therapists, and others discuss their experiences This interdisciplinary work is a tapestry of thought generated by music therapists, scholars, and performers in related fields such as anthropology, philosophy, music composition/performance, psychology, and musicology. It is woven together by the editor through a description of the process of interdisciplinary engagement, a personal description of her relationship with each author, and a final statement on the power of sound. The book is organized around the themes of listening, playing, and creating-essential processes in the work of music as therapy.

EAN

9780791422861

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Published

3 February 1995

Pages

316