The nature of music, beauty, sound, and healing, Maureen McCarthy Draper
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The nature of music, beauty, sound, and healing, Maureen McCarthy Draper
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227)
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
The nature of music
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44454693
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Maureen McCarthy Draper
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beauty, sound, and healing
Summary
Exploring the universal appeal of music, the author shows how song, melody, and sound help humans cope with grief, find inspiration, and boost energy
Table Of Contents
The heart of listening. Music and the arts. The language of music. Listening to music, listening to yourself. The physical power of music -- Hearing the design. Thematic seeds. Circular forms. The enduring power of the Mass. Yesterday's dissonance is today's consonance -- The education of feeling. Ways of listening. Tonality: the homing instinct -- When you are the music. Your unlived life. Bach: the passionate mind. Beethoven: a guide to spiritual evolution. Praise and prayer -- Singing your own song. Toning, singing bowls, and chant. Strike the harp or join the chorus -- The alchemy of music. Earth. Water. Air. Fire. Composing your life. A musical day -- The healing power of music. Anger, catharsis, and transformation. How music heals. Music for the hospital -- Dreaming and dancing. Dreaming by day. Dancing in the dark -- The inner garden. The education of the heart. Schumann and Brahams: Eros and the artist. The garden of love. Mozart: the divine child
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