Music and mourning

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Music and mourning

edited by Jane W. Davidson and Sandra Garrido

(Music and change : ecological perspectives / Gary Ansdell, Tia De Nora, series editors)(An Ashgate book)

Routledge, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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While grief is suffered in all cultures, it is expressed differently all over the world in accordance with local customs and beliefs. Music has been associated with the healing of grief for many centuries, with Homer prescribing music as an antidote to sorrow as early as the 7th Century BC. The changing role of music in expressions of grief and mourning throughout history and in different cultures reflects the changing attitudes of society towards life and death itself. This volume investigates the role of music in mourning rituals across time and culture, discussing the subject from the multiple perspectives of music history, music psychology, ethnomusicology and music therapy.

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Table of Contents Chapter 1 On Music and Mourning Jane W. Davidson & Sandra Garrido Chapter 2 The Modern Funeral and Music for Celebration: Part I Sandra Garrido & Jane W. Davidson Chapter 3 The Modern Funeral and Music for Celebration: Part II Sandra Garrido & Jane W. Davidson Chapter 4 'The Ceremony of Tolling the Bell at the Time of Death': Bell-ringing and Mourning in England c.1500-c1700. Dolly MacKinnon Chapter 5 Haunting music: Hearing the voices of the dead Helen Dell Chapter 6 The Psychological Function of Music in Mourning Rituals: Examples from Three Continents Sandra Garrido & Waldo F. Garrido Chapter 7 'Under the Bruised Sky': Music and Mourning in Post-revolutionary Iran Sarah Walker Chapter 8 Restoring songs: on mourning and an 'everyday' performance genre in northern Australia Sally Treloyn Chapter 9 Music Therapy and Mourning Katrina McFerran & Alexander Crooke Chapter 10 Embracing Life in the Face of Death: Community Singing with the Elderly Jane W. Davidson

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