E. Thayer Gaston
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E. Thayer Gaston was a psychologist active in the 1940s-1960s who helped develop music therapy. E. Thayer Gaston was named to the Music Educators Hall of Fame in 1986[1].
[edit] Views
- Music is a means of nonverbal communication deriving potency from its wordless meaning.
- Music is the most adaptable of the arts being utilized with individuals, groups, and in various locations.
- Through participation or listening, music may lessen feelings of lonesomeness.
- Music elicits moods derived from emotions and has the capability of communicating one’s good feeling for another.
- Music can dissolve fears of closeness because its nonverbal nature allows an intimacy that is nonthreatening.
- Music, in most cases, is sound without associated threat.
- The shared musical experience can be a form of structured reality upon which the therapist and the patient can form a relationship with some confidence.
- Musical experiences possess an intimacy because listeners and performers derive their own responses from each musical experience.
- Preparation and performance of music can bring about a feeling of accomplishment and gratification.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.menc.org/information/histinfo/Historicalinfohall.html
- ^ Gaston, E. Thayer (1968/95): Man and Music. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
