About the Book
Music and Healing Across Cultures unfolds the mechanics of the relationship between music, healing, and the cosmos. It shows the organizing power of this tradition in its ability to even promote mind/body coordination in schizophrenics. This systematic, scientific approach to ethnomusicology and anthropology stands as a beacon light to those researchers who wish to make use of an ancient and wiser time when drums and restraints were preempted by creative energy and inner calm. Those incapable of feeling happiness are found dancing with joy. Those who could not speak are singing.
From the Preface to the Book
The early cosmos was said to sing like a bell. These acoustic oscillations were referred to in the writings of the earliest inhabitants of Taita and Bali, as melodies of nature. Along with swirling dances, this music was meant to nourish the body and the earth from the heart of our most inner being. Drums, glissandos and dance movements promoted increased coherence in the physiology and related its function to certain healing qualities of nature.
The following text Music and Healing Across Cultures unfolds the mechanics of the relationship between music, healing, and the cosmos. It shows the organizing power of this tradition in its ability to even promote mind/body coordination in schizophrenics. This systematic, scientific approach to ethnomusicology and anthropology stands as a beacon light to those researchers who wish to make use of an ancient and wiser time when drums and restraints were preempted by creative energy and inner calm. Those incapable of feeling happiness are found dancing with joy. Those who could not speak are singing. It is my privilege to bring the blessings of this ancient culture to our present time in hopes that we will pursue this knowledge in its purest form and to not only study but participate in its fruits.
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Product Details
ISBN 978-1-4116-8931-2
Copyright by David Otieno Akombo (Standard Copyright License)
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Culicidae Press
Published July 14, 2006
Language: English
Pages: 120
Binding: Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink: Black & white
Dimensions (inches): 6.0 wide × 9.0 tall
About the Author

Dr. Akombo continues to be active in music education research, world music and he has given lectures and conducted clinics in many states, and is a member of the Music Educators National Conference, the Utah Music Educators Association, American Music Therapy Association, Society for Ethnomusicology, and Society for the Arts in Healthcare.
He is a co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine and its 2011 Inaugural Conference Chair.