Music for Life - Music Participation and Quality of Life for Senior Citizens (Paperback)

Music for Life: Music Participation and Quality of Life of Senior Citizens presents a fresh, new exploration of the impact of musical experiences on the quality of life of senior citizens, and charts a new direction in the facilitation of the musical lives of people of all ages. Authors Fung and Lehmberg clearly define the issues surrounding music education, music participation, quality of life, and senior citizens, discussing the most relevant research from the fields of music education, adult learning, lifelong learning, gerontology, medicine, music therapy, and interdisciplinary studies. At the heart of the book is Evergreen Town, a retirement community in the southeastern U.S.A., that serves as the backdrop for three original research studies. The first of these is in two phases, a survey and a focus group interview, that examines the histories and rationales for the music participations and non-participations of community residents. The second and third case studies take an in-depth look at a church choir and a bluegrass group, two prominent musical groups in the community, and include the perspectives of the authors themselves as group members and participant-observers. Fung and Lehmberg conclude with a challenge for the profession of music education: to act on this research and on the current advances in the field, to enable all people to benefit from the richness of music as a substantial contributor to quality of life.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2016
Authors:	C. Victor Fung (Professor of Music Education) • Lisa J Lehmberg (Assistant Professor of Music)
Dimensions:	234 x 157 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-937169-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN:	0-19-937169-5
Barcode:	9780199371693

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