MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture 2: Lecture Two (Jan.14.19)
17 Jan 2019
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5000 bc egypt c. 476 1450 ad. Definition: before reading existed used complex languages, but no symbol. Medicine-men healing rituals to appease gods. However, a healer"s treatment philosophy would generally focus on only. Magical, religious and rational components of medicine existed side by side. Thought of music as a supernatural force that affected mental and physical. Music and medicine were almost interchangeable in these cultures. They believed that music had force over thought, emotion and physical health. Healing shrines and temples had hymn specialists and music was prescribed to the mentally disturbed. Boethius claimed that music had the power to degrade or improve human morals. Cassiodorus saw it as a potent type of catharsis. Saint basil believed it to be a positive vehicle for sacred emotion. Hymns were considered effective against certain unspecified respiratory diseases. During the renaissance, physicians prescribed music as a preventative medicine.
