Music therapy: Health profession or cultural movement?

Journal/Book: Music Therapy. 1988; 7: 34-37.

Abstract: Proposes that the current concept of science and reality that is evolving from the movement toward a paradigmatic change in the science of physics will be answered by modification in the somewhat loose structure of music therapy theory. A history of music therapy is presented, as well as 2 opposing world views drawn as a consequence of a holistic approach to life. One view entails seeking another reality behind what is commonly known, while the other constructs the world through re-presenting sensations through a culturally derived language system. The aesthetic impact of music is also discussed.

Note: scientific concepts & world views of music therapy theory

Keyword(s): World view; music therapy; theoretical orientation

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