Gunter Kreutz – författare

The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "if you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn". This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz greats; however, but it also signals the reciprocal and inextricable relationship between music and wider social, cultural and psychological variables. This link is complex and multifaceted and is undoubtedly a central component of why music has been implicated as a therapeutic agent in vast swathes of contemporary research studies. Music is always about more than just acoustic events or notes on a page. Music has a universal and timeless potential to influence how we feel. Yet, only recently, have researchers begun to explore and understand the positive effects that music can have on our wellbeing - across a range of cultures and musical genres.This book brings together research from music psychology, therapy, public health, and medicine, to explore the relationship between music, health and wellbeing. It presents a range of chapters from internationally recognised experts, resulting in a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and pluralistic account of recent advances and applications in both clinical and non-clinical practice and research. Some of the questions explored include: what is the nature of the scientific evidence to support the relationship between music, health and wellbeing? What are the current views from different disciplines on empirical observations and methodological issues concerning the effects of musical interventions on health-related processes? What are the mechanisms which drive these effects and how can they be utilised for building robust theoretical frameworks for future work? For the first time, research from disciplines including neuroscience of music, music therapy, psychophysiology and epidemiology of music, community music and music education is synthesised and presented together to further our understanding of music and health in one single volume, ensuring that closely related strands of research in different disciplines are brought together into a authoritative, comprehensive and robust collection of chapters. This book is a timely and unique response to an explosion of interest in the relationship between music, health, and wellbeing and will be invaluable resources for students, administrators and researchers in the humanities, social and medical sciences alike.

Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Wirkungen von Musik auf Gesundheit, Wohlbefinden und Lebensqualität aus der Sicht interdisziplinärer, musikwissenschaftlicher und medizinischer Forschung. Hochrangige Expert*innen aus vielfältigen Fachgebieten stellen die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen für medizinische, therapeutische, pädagogische und andere Anwendung vor. Inhaltlich spannt es den Bogen von den psychophysiologischen Grundlagen emotionaler Wirkungen des Musikhörens bis hin zu musikmedizinischen und -therapeutischen Interventionen. Musik erweist sich vielfach als äußerst wirksame, nahezu nebenwirkungsfreie und vergleichsweise kostengünstige unterstützende Strategie für Prävention, Therapie und Rehabilitation in vielen medizinischen Fachbereichen.Ein breites Spektrum musikalischer Aktivitäten einschließlich Musikhören, Laienmusizieren, Chorsingen, Tanzen und verschiedene Formen musiktherapeutischer Strategien steht den Erfordernissen unterschiedlicher Zielgruppen, individuellen Unterschieden, Vorlieben und kulturellen Hintergründen gegenüber. Die Neuauflage wurde aktualisiert und mit Inhalten zu COVID 19 und einer neuen Sektion zu gesundheitlichen Belastungen durch Musik erweitert.Ärzt*innen und medizinisches Personal in Sozial- und Pflegeberufen erhalten profunde Informationen über Chancen und Grenzen musikbezogener Angebote. Die Kapitel eignen sich ebenso als Einstiege für Wissenschaftler*innen zahlreicher Fachrichtungen aus Sozial-, Natur- und Geisteswissenschaft.

This book sheds light on the complementing and enhancing effects of musical activities on health, well-being and quality of life from the perspective of interdisciplinary, musicological, social, and neurosciences. High-ranking experts in a wide range of fields present the scientific basis for adjuvant therapeutic applications in clinical and non-clinical contexts. The research questions range from the psychophysiological foundations of the emotional effects of listening to music to music medicine practices and music therapy interventions to alleviate mental and physical health issues. Findings suggest that musical activities entail large potential as virtually side-effect-free and cost-efficient supportive strategies in prevention, therapy and rehabilitation in medical practice.A broad spectrum of musical activities, including listening to music, amateur music-making, choral singing and dancing are shown to be amenable to the requirements of different target groups, preferences, cultural backgrounds, and health conditions. The volume also entails chapters dedicated to the use of music during the COVID-19 pandemic and concludes with a section on stress and negative health consequences caused by maladaptive musical practices.Doctors and medical staff in social and nursing professions receive in-depth information about the opportunities and limitations of music-related programmes. The chapters are also suitable as an introduction for scientists from numerous disciplines in the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities as well as undergraduare students.