Transfer processes from reform movements to music therapy at the beginning of the 20th century. Issue 1 (1st June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fitzthum, Elena
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of music therapy. Volume 25:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 23
• Page End: 23
• Publication Date: 2016-06-01
• Subjects: Elsa Gindler -- modern dance -- psychoanalysis -- humanistic psychology -- awareness; Music therapy -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; Music Therapy -- Periodicals; 615.85154
• DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2016.1179905
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0809-8131

Abstract

Abstract : Background : Historical research clarifies early transfer processes from reform movements through music and dance pedagogy into music therapy. Objective : The paper explains how the core qualities of reform movements – free improvisation, the unity of body, soul and mind, and the human right to free and non-censored expression – survived through Nazi terror after 1933 and still survive today. Method : Pioneer's literature review and historical research. Discussion : Freud started to work with free association while Perls created the idea of working in the here and now. Modern dance students have been used to working with free improvisation for more than one hundred years. Music therapists in Europe use all three of these techniques. Conclusion : Pioneering teachers, who were famous protagonists of reform movements and were involved in psychotherapy and art education, transferred significant tools for music therapists.