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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2011
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Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
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Music and medicine: An old liaison, a new agenda
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This paper explores the thesis that the connections between music and medicine are durable because the disciplines themselves are expressions of singular and deeply rooted human propensities. Drawing on research and practice from both domains, three distinctive shapes the relationship has begun to take are discussed: music therapy, performing arts medicine, and neuromusicology. Four years ago, at the time of the first Biology of Music Making Conference in Denver, Franz Roehman and I had no idea what the prospects were for the effort to bring music and the biologic, behavioral, and medical sciences closer together. Since that time we have seen the growth of this kinship on a scale no one would have predicted. The Eastman Symposium, in our view, constitutes a major landmark in the evolution of the venerable yet altogether contemporary liaison between music and medicine. For us it is literally a dream come true, since the effort to fashion a base on interdisciplinary research and education at the University of Rochester so compellingly supports our own commitment to this growing partnership. My intent in this paper is to explore with you a thesis that captivates me: namely, that the connections between music and medicine are durable because the disciplines themselves are expressions of singular and deeply rooted human propensities. I confess openly that after a decade of warm and illuminating associations with like-minded people I have lost my objectivity on this point. My bias declared, I invite you to consider how strong and generative this affinity really is, and why I see no limit to the possibilities for interaction and mutual benefit. Drawing on personal experience, I will demonstrate with three distinctive shapes the relationship has begun to take: music therapy, performing arts medicine, and neuromusicology.
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