Qualitative Music Therapy Research: Beginning Dialogues

Mechtild Langenberg, Kenneth Aigen & Jorg Frommer, Editors

Print ISBNs: 0-9624080-4-2 or 978-0-9624080-04-5

E-ISBN: 978-1-937440-03-9

		$25

Inspired by the First Symposium on Qualitative Music Therapy Research, this book brings together the ideas of scholars from around the world on the challenges of researching clinical work. First, the authors present monologues on their own theories and approaches to qualitative inquiry, using a variety of novel, narrative forms to explore fundamental questions: What are meaningful criteria for evaluating the integrity of qualitative research? What is the role of the researcher’s self? What are the epistemological foundations for the various positions taken? After providing their own answers, the authors react to one another in a lively and fascinating set of dialogues, which also includes reactions of other symposium participants. Together, the monologues and dialogues present a dazzling array of creative ideas on music therapy research, while also creating a daring new form for scholarly interaction.(1996; ISBN 0-9624080-2; Paperback, 276 pages: $25).

Reviews By:

* Even Ruud in the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 1996, 5(2), 136-137.
* Michael Zanders in the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Online Book Reviews (April 5, 2004).

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface List of Contributors	ixi xxiii
PrologueMechtild Langenberg	1
1. The Role of Values in Qualitative Music Therapy Research Kenneth Aigen	9
2. Qualitative Single-Case Research in Practice:A Necessary, Reliable, and Valid Alternative for Music Therapy ResearchHenk Smeijesters	35
3. The Story of the Field of Play Carolyn Bereznak Kenny	55
4. Authenticity Issues in Qualitative Research Kenneth E. Bruscia	81
5. Experiencing Music Therapy: Meaningful Momentsin the Music Therapy Process Dorit Amir	109
6. Fusion and Separation: Experiencing Opposites in Music,Music Therapy, and music Therapy Research Mechtild LangenbergJörg FrommerMichael Langenbach	131
PART II: DIALOGUES
1. The Researcher’s Cultural Identity Kenneth Aigen	165
2. Qualitative Research in Music Therapy:New Contents, New concepts, or Both?Henk Smeijsters	179
3. Remembering What’s Between the Lines Carolyn Bereznak Kenny	191
4. Lunch Talk: Inner Emptiness, A German Problem Gerd Rieger	201
5. Daedalus and the Labyrinth: A Mythical Research Fantasy Kenneth E. Bruscia	205
6. Issues in Qualitative Research: A Personal Journey Dorit Amir	213
7. Interpretation and Epistemology in Music Therapy:Dealing with competing Claims of Knowledge Even Ruud	225
8. Translations Jutta Baur-Morlok	233
9. Qualitative Methods in Music Therapy Research:Epistemological Considerations Michael Langenbach and Andreas Stratkotter	241
10. A Psychoanalytic View of Music and Music Therapy Research Gerhard Reister	247
Epilogue Mechtild Langen bergJörg Frommer Michael Langenbach Kenneth Aigen