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Book SynopsisIn the 20th century, listening to music in therapeutic methods was combined with hopes for new paths in the art of healing through the possibilities of modern technology. These hopes have become the lifelong theme of the American musician and music therapist Helen Lindquist Bonny (19212010): As a violinist, she first developed an expertise in classical-romantic aesthetic music before becoming active in music therapy and then with Guided Imagery and Music ( GIM) designed a music-receptive set of methods. Her path through life was linked to efforts towards female emancipation and the reception of a zeitgeist in which the examination of forms of altered waking consciousness was fascinating. Musical journeys into inner spaces opens with her biography a panorama of the early history of receptive music therapy in the 20th century.
