Music Therapy with the Developmentally Handicapped

Artista: Boxill, Edith Hillman

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FOWY

Catalogo: 6180

Faixas: 1.1 The People in Your Neighborhood
1.2 Day By Day
1.3 Shoo Fly
1.4 Freedom Train
1.5 Haitian Song of Possession
1.6 Guantanamera
1.7 Go to Sleep, My Dear (Improvisation)
1.8 Hora
1.9 This Little Light of Mine
1.10 Hey, Betty Martin
1.11 Ev’rybody (Nigerian Folksong)
1.12 Margarita (Tune of la Cucaracha)

Edith Hillman Boxill presents in this 1976 compilation a collection of songs to exemplify the use of music in handicapped learning development. As Boxill states: “Music therapy is the use of music as a functional, therapeutic tool for the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of mental and physical health.” She focuses on an immersive experience that is “centered in music-movement/sensory-motor/singing and chanting… ” Liner notes include detailed explanations of Boxill’s methods and approaches.