Music-Centered Music Therapy
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication v
Acknowledgments vii
Tables xii
Figures xii
Preface xv
Part I: THE CONTEXT FOR MUSIC-CENTERED
THEORY IN MUSIC THERAPY
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1. The Nature of Theory
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2. Theory in Music Therapy 13
The Role of Theory in Contemporary Music Therapy
A Conceptual Framework for Music Therapy Theory
Meta-theoretical Issues in Music Therapy
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Part II: THE NATURE OF MUSIC-CENTERED
THEORY AND PRACTICE
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3. Origins and Foundations of Music-Centered Music Therapy 47
What is Music-Centered Music Therapy and
How Has it Developed?
Music as a Medium: One Basis of Music-Centered Theory
Musicing as the Core of Music-Centered Practice
The Necessity of a Theory of Music as a Basis for
Music-Centered Music Therapy
Can a Notion of Music Derived from Nonclinical Contexts
Be the Basis for Music Therapy?
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4. Values Central to Musicing in Music-Centered Music Therapy
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The Idea of Musical Values
Musicing Requires an Understanding of Silence
Musicing Requires Listening
Musicing Incorporates the Individual within the Communal
Musicing Involves Surrender
Musicing Cultivates a Respect for Craft
Musicing Creates Connection
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5. Rationales, Practices, and Implications of Music-Centered Music Therapy
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The Client’s Experience in Music Is Primary
Musical Goals Are Clinical Goals
The Primary Focus is Enhancing the Client’s Involvement in Music
The Convergence of Personal Process and Musical Development
The Intrinsic Rewards of Musical Participation
The Experience of the Musical Process Is the Therapy
Interventions Are Guided By Musical Properties
Music as an Autonomous Clinical Force
Musical Analysis Highlights Clinical Processes
Therapy Can Incorporate a Focus on Performance and Products
Verbal Processing Need Not AccompanyMusical Experiences
The Therapeutic Relationship is a Musical Relationship
Music-Centered Thinking Embraces Holism
An Alternative Perspective on Generalization
Generalization of Functioning is Not a Necessary Criterion
for Evaluating Music Therapy
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6. Music-Centered Thinking in Music Therapy Models 129
Analytical Music Therapy
Guided Imagery and Music
Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy
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7. Music-Centered Thinking in Contemporary
Music Therapy Frameworks

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Aesthetic Music Therapy
Community Music Therapy
Culture-Centered Music Therapy
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Part III: A PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC FOR
MUSIC-CENTERED MUSIC THERAPY THEORY
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Introduction to Part III 163
8. Music Therapy and Schema Theory 167
Introduction to Schema Theory
Image Schemata in Music and Music Therapy
Time-as-Space, Force, and Motion in Music
Schema Theory and Areas of Benefit in Music Therapy
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9. Zuckerkandl’s Dynamic Theory of Tone 205
Fundamental Aspects of Zuckerkandl’s Theory
Applications to Music Therapy
Objections to Zuckerkandl’s Ideas and Some Responses
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10. The Status of Musical Force, Motion, and Space:
Reconciling Schema Theory and Zuckerkandl

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Revisiting Schema Theory: The Ontological Status of Schemata
Reconciling Schema Theory and Zuckerkandl

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Part IV: GENERAL MUSIC-CENTERED THEORY 237
Introduction to Part IV 239
11. Clinical Applications of Musical Force and Motion:
Quickening and the Creation of a Self

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12. Music and Emotion in Music-Centered Thought 255
13. Musical Form, Development, and Transformation 265
Music and the Life Force
Music and Transformation
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14. Melody, Container, Transition 277
The Connection Between Melody and Self-Identity
Transitional Music and Transitions in Life
Music and the Path of Human Life
Expanding Containers as Metaphor for Therapy and for Life
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Afterword
References
Author Index
Subject Index
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Tables
Table 1. Some Sources of Theory in Music Therapy
Table 2. Sources and Types of Theory in Music Therapy

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Figures
Figure 1. Diagrams of Image Schemas
Figure 2. Pathways
Figure 3. Containers

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Figure 1, Diagrams of Image Schemas, from “Forces, Containers, and Paths: The Role of Body-Derived Image Schemas in the Conceptualization of Music” by Janna Saslaw. Journal of Music Theory, Fall 1996, Volume 40, Number 2. Copyright © 1996. Reproduced with permission of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Figure 2, Pathways, from “Space, Motion, and Other Musical Metaphors” by Shaugn O’Donnell in Perspectives on the Grateful Dead: Critical Writings, Robert G. Weiner, Editor. Copyright © 1999 by Robert G. Weiner. Reproduced with permission of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT.