In this video I explore the history of medical and therapeutical uses of music, from the ancient world of Egypt and Greece, to the Medieval Islamic world and all the way until today.

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Original music by:
Filip Holm

Sources/Recomended Reading:

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Davis, William B. (et al.) (1992). "Music Therapy: Theory and Practice". WM.C Brown Publishers.

Feder, Elaine (1981). "The Expressive Arts Therapies". Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Klavan, Spencer A. (2020). "Music in Ancient Greece: Melody, Rhythm and Life". Bloomsbury Academic.

Nielson, Lisa (2021). "Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamic World". I.B. Tauris.

Schullian, Dorothy M. & Max Schoen (1948). "Music and Medicine". Henry Schuman Inc.

Shiloah, Amnon (1995). "Music in the world of Islam : a socio-cultural study". Wayne State University Press.

Shiloah, Amnon (1997). "Music and Religion in Islam". Acta Musicologica, Vol. 69.

The Brethren of Purity. "On Music: An Arabic Critical Edition and Translation of Epistle 5". Edited and Translated by Owen Wright. Oxford University Press.

Wright, Owen (1978). "The Modal System Of Arab and Persian Music a.d. 1250-1300". Oxford University Press.


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