While the first healers were musicians who relied on rhythm and
song to help cure the sick, over time Western thinkers and doctors
lost touch with these traditions. In the West, for almost two
millennia, the roles of the healer and the musician have been
strictly separated. Until recently, that is. Over the past few
decades there has been a resurgence of interest in healing music.
In the midst of this nascent revival, Ted Gioia, a musician,
composer, and widely praised author, offers the first detailed
exploration of the uses of music for curative purposes from ancient
times to the present. Gioia's inquiry into the restorative powers
of sound moves effortlessly from the history of shamanism to the
role of Orpheus as a mythical figure linking Eastern and Western
ideas about therapeutic music, and from Native American healing
ceremonies to what clinical studies can reveal about the efficacy
of contemporary methods of sonic healing. Gioia considers a broad
range of therapies, providing a thoughtful, impartial guide to
their histories and claims, their successes and failures. He
examines a host of New Age practices, including toning, Cymatics,
drumming circles, and the Tomatis method. And he explores how the
medical establishment has begun to recognize and incorporate the
therapeutic power of song. Acknowledging that the drumming circle
will not-and should not-replace the emergency room, nor the shaman
the cardiologist, Gioia suggests that the most promising path is
one in which both the latest medical science and music-with its
capacity to transform attitudes and bring people together-are
brought to bear on the multifaceted healing process. In Healing
Songs, as in its companion volume Work Songs, Gioia moves beyond
studies of music centered on specific performers, time periods, or
genres to illuminate how music enters into and transforms the
experiences of everyday life.
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