[Healing of harmony: music therapy as a historical cultural phenomenon]

Journal/Book: Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 1999; 88: 956-64.

Abstract: The interaction of music and psyche constitutes a phenomenon, which is known to man since antiquity, and, for this reason, was ever since used for healing purposes. The pythagoreans developed a system of musical theory that declared consonance to be a musical interval with the frequencies in a ratio of integer numbers. The cosmical music of the spheres, the played instrumental music and the inner music of man, these all they conceived as a unity. Varied in a manyfold way, this great theme was handed down over the centuries to the present day, being a source of inspiration to music and the sciences. Modern musical therapy is, in the last analysis, based on these intuitive findings.

Keyword(s): Anthropology, Cultural. English Abstract. History of Medicine, Ancient. History of Medicine, Medieval. History of Medicine, 15th Cent.. History of Medicine, 16th Cent.. History of Medicine, 17th Cent.. History of Medicine, 18th Cent.. History of Medicine, 19th Cent.. History of Medicine, 20th Cent.. Human. Music Therapy/history

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