Caring for Music: Musical Life, Late Life: Music and Change: Ecological Perspectives
Autor Gary Ansdell, Tia DeNoraen Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 oct 2026
The book’s primary aim is to let the people and situations involved show readers, from the inside of musical engagement, what can happen when music is present in scenes of care in late life – when people care for music. Watching what happens when music happens can illuminate how people in situations of residential care, whether they are residents, care staff, friends, loved ones or researchers, can enjoy good moments together – meaningful, creative, festive, beautiful, mutually supportive.
At the same time, the book cautions against the tendency of painting a too-rosy picture of music’s powers to ‘fix’ things. It offers an alternate model of music as a medium of connection. The book suggests that much can be gained by rethinking the dominant model within the literature on music and late life, dementia, health. It proposes a perspective in which music is not for ‘people with disabilities’ but instead a medium – of pleasure, meaning, beauty and relationship – that is enacted jointly.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781041166566
ISBN-10: 1041166567
Pagini: 294
Ilustrații: 40
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Music and Change: Ecological Perspectives
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1041166567
Pagini: 294
Ilustrații: 40
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Music and Change: Ecological Perspectives
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate CoreRecenzii
‘Meticulously and beautifully written, Ansdell and DeNora capture a genuine essence of all that can happen when music is thoughtfully integrated into aging care contexts–not as a means of “fixing” problems but as a relational aesthetic medium that offers myriad possibilities for living well in spite of difficulties often experienced in later life.’
Laurel Young, Ph.D., MTA, Professor of Music Therapy, Concordia University (Montréal, Canada)
‘I would love the book to be read not only by those involved with music therapy but by others working in the ‘caring’ professions, including my own field of speech and language therapy. The authors illustrate clearly the specific contribution of music, as a form that is part of (almost) everyone’s life and somehow survives the ravages of dementia, but importantly, the specific contribution of the music therapist and how music therapy contributes to creating a family and home (which is certainly what I experienced on the occasions when I was there for a session).’
Dr Shula Chiat, daughter of one of the residents
'This book compellingly demonstrates the value of a music-centred approach that remains sensitive to the contextual factors shaping this work. Rooted in creative theory and guided by practical wisdom, it presents a deeply humanistic vision of music therapy. It will be of great interest to anyone involved in elder care—including family members and policymakers—providing profound knowledge about how to enhance quality of life in the final phase of living.'
Even Ruud, Professor Emeritus, Norwegian Academy of Music and University of Oslo
Laurel Young, Ph.D., MTA, Professor of Music Therapy, Concordia University (Montréal, Canada)
‘I would love the book to be read not only by those involved with music therapy but by others working in the ‘caring’ professions, including my own field of speech and language therapy. The authors illustrate clearly the specific contribution of music, as a form that is part of (almost) everyone’s life and somehow survives the ravages of dementia, but importantly, the specific contribution of the music therapist and how music therapy contributes to creating a family and home (which is certainly what I experienced on the occasions when I was there for a session).’
Dr Shula Chiat, daughter of one of the residents
'This book compellingly demonstrates the value of a music-centred approach that remains sensitive to the contextual factors shaping this work. Rooted in creative theory and guided by practical wisdom, it presents a deeply humanistic vision of music therapy. It will be of great interest to anyone involved in elder care—including family members and policymakers—providing profound knowledge about how to enhance quality of life in the final phase of living.'
Even Ruud, Professor Emeritus, Norwegian Academy of Music and University of Oslo
Cuprins
Introduction: Gentle methods
Chapter One. Setting the Scene
Chapter Two. Capability
Chapter Three. Moving
Chapter Four. Remebering
Chapter Five. Personhood
Chapter Six. Reaching
Chapter Seven. Home
Chapter Eight. Late Life
Chapter Nine. Afterward: Just Music?
Chapter One. Setting the Scene
Chapter Two. Capability
Chapter Three. Moving
Chapter Four. Remebering
Chapter Five. Personhood
Chapter Six. Reaching
Chapter Seven. Home
Chapter Eight. Late Life
Chapter Nine. Afterward: Just Music?
Notă biografică
Gary Ansdell is an experienced music therapist, trainer, researcher and author. He is currently an Associate of Nordoff and Robbins UK and Honorary Professor at Exeter University. His research centres on the tradition of Nordoff-Robbins music therapy and Community Music Therapy. He lives in Norwich, UK, where he works in a care home as a music therapist and is also a deputy singer in the Norwich cathedral choir. Gary is author/co-author of seven books on music therapy/music and health and joint editor (with Tia DeNora) of the Routledge book series Music and Change.
Tia DeNora is Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter. Her research is in music sociology, music and wellbeing, science and technology studies, social theory and research methods. She collaborated with Gary Ansdell, Wolfgang Schmid and Fraser Simpson on the Care for Music Project. She has published widely on music and mental health, cultural theory, historical musicology, hope, health technology and research methods. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.
Tia DeNora is Professor of Sociology at the University of Exeter. Her research is in music sociology, music and wellbeing, science and technology studies, social theory and research methods. She collaborated with Gary Ansdell, Wolfgang Schmid and Fraser Simpson on the Care for Music Project. She has published widely on music and mental health, cultural theory, historical musicology, hope, health technology and research methods. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.
Descriere
Caring for Music presents a groundbreaking ethnographic study of musical engagement in residential care, revealing how music becomes a medium of connection, pleasure, and relationship rather than merely an intervention for symptom management.