| #849450 in Books | Duke University Press Books | 2006-04-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .86 x6.36 x9.54l,1.19 | File type: PDF | 264 pages | ||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A musicological and scientific look at shamanism|By Priscilla Stilwell|Gioia is a well-respected musicologist who has researched a number of topics from a thoughtfully academic perspective, and "Healing Songs" is no exception. Providing us with a cultural and historical overview of how healers of many traditions use music in their rituals, Gioia is able to put things into conte||
“Ted Gioia enriches and makes real the powerful message that music is, and has always been, an integral part of the toolkit that ordinary humans have used to navigate life. He shows that, far from being a pastime to fill idle moments or a distractio
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 widel...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Healing Songs | Ted Gioia. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
