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E. Thayer Gaston
- Many years ago, a man named E. Thayer Gaston (b.1901- d.1970) became a strong voice for the emerging profession of music therapy. Actually, he’s often called the “Father of Music Therapy”. Gaston was one of the first to articulate music’s connection to behavioral science, even stating that music is human behavior.
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E. Thayer Gaston, known as the "father of music therapy," was instrumental in moving the profession forward in terms of an organizational and educational standpoint. The first music therapy college training programs were also created in the 1940s.
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Feb 28, 2023 · Backwell’s Island, now known as Roosevelt Island, is believed to be the first institution on record to have used a form of music therapy. During the 1900s the island became synonymous with welfare in line with the asylums, prisons and houses for the poor that was established there.
Apr 27, 2017 · I had initially thought that the earliest account of music therapy was from the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), who would prescribe different musical scales...
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The idea of using music for healing and changing health and behavior certainly goes as far back as the writings of Aristotle and Plato. In some cultures, (like Egyptian and Chinese) it goes back even farther. The earliest known reference to music therapy appeared in the late 18th century in an article in Columbian Magazine called "Music Physically ...
The idea of music therapy goes back thousands of years.Music was suggested as a way to benefit the human body in ancient Egyptian medical texts that date back as far as 1500 BCE. Greco-Roman, Arabian, Indian, and Chinese traditions of learned medicine incorporate various notions of music, used for a therapeutic purpose. There are also stories and q...
A growing interest in music therapy was perceived during the 20th century, which resulted in the assembly of several music therapy associations, none of which lasted very long. In 1903, the National Society of Musical Therapeutics was founded by Eva Augusta Vescelius. Isa Maud Ilsen founded the National Association for Music in Hospitals in 1926. H...
This paper includes a history of autism diagnosis, reviews strengths and limitations of music therapy practice with children with autism from 1940-2009, and suggests direction for future music therapy research and clinical practice with this population.
- Alaine E Reschke-Hernández
- 2011
These were pioneers in the field such as Eva Vescelius, musician, author, 1903 founder of the short-lived National Therapeutic Society of New York and the 1913 Music and Health journal, and creator/teacher of a musicotherapy course; Margaret Anderton, pianist, WWI music therapy provider for Canadian soldiers, a strong believer in training for ...
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Jul 1, 2016 · The origins of music therapy go back millennia, to the time of the great Greek empire. Music Therapy in Greek Mythology. Apollo: Apollo is the Greek God of Sun, Light, Music and Prophecy. As the son of Zeus, he is worshiped for his ability to heal and ward of disease.
