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Man and music

1995; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/08098139509477852

0803-9828

E. Thayer Gaston,

Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs

An adequate understanding of the nature of man and his behavior is incomplete without some knowledge of his development. To apprehend music as an essential form of human behavior is to make more secure the foundations of music in therapy. Music therapy has long needed such a platform for its theoretical constructs, one that would be in accord with biological as well as psychological concepts. It has needed knowledge derived from a multidisciplinary approach. Music therapy is closely related to the behavioral sciences. As is the case in all sciences, music therapy strives to bring about organization, classification, and description until a system emerges, a system that is behavioral, logical, and psychological. To bring more comprehension of man and music and to describe processes in music therapy are the major purposes of this book1.