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Music as Therapy: Towards an Integrated Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Mercédès Pavlicevic
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An integrated musical experience is an elusive event whose occurrence is acknowledged – consciously or unconsciously – by all human beings. It comprises numerous interactive factors, any of which can impede or facilitate the move towards musical integration.

The implications exist that all human beings are inherently music-beings, that music is inherently therapeutic and that musical and self-integration are reciprocal. Thus changes in either will be reflected in the other, and when used in a specifically therapeutic way, music will promote self-integration. Acknowledging these implications broadens and enriches the concepts of healing, of teaching, and of music making, so that all who participate in these events can potentially be profoundly moved towards a more integrated creative experience.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , July 1985 , pp. 153 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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