The first systematic experimentation in music therapy: the genius of James Leonard Corning.
J Music Ther
; 49(1): 102-17, 2012.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The development of music therapy in the United States prior to 1950 has a fascinating but not well known history. The present study illuminates the music therapy research of James Leonard Corning (1855-1923), a prominent neurologist practicing during the late nineteenth-century in New York City.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to provide biographical information and description of a series of music therapy experiments conducted by Corning. His 1899 article appearing in the Medical Record A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery summarized a series of inventive experiments using music to affect emotional states in people with mild behavioral-emotional and sleep disorders.METHODS:
Information was analyzed using a set of primary and secondary sources from contemporaneous books, newspapers and journals. These sources provided biographical information and insight into his experimental methods. Recent sources provided a framework to help understand his conclusions from the viewpoint of late nineteenth-century physicians and for current practitioners of music therapy.RESULTS:
Findings indicate that Corning's rationale for using music, visual figures and, occasional medication in the treatment of behavioral-emotional disorders was successful in influencing feelings and emotions in a positive way. He believed that during pre-sleep and sleep, cognitive processes became dormant, allowing the penetration of "musical vibrations" into the subconscious eliminating morbid thoughts that plagued his patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Understanding Corning's contributions to music therapy will assist contemporary educators and therapists to better understand the impact of early contributions to music therapy by late nineteenth-century practitioners such as Corning.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Padrões de Prática Médica
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Terapia por Estimulação Elétrica
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Musicoterapia
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Music Ther
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos