Includes bibliographical references (pages [110]-113) and index.
Contents:
Music videos -- Overture -- 1. Words and melodies, psychology and music -- 2. Thrills and goose bumps in music -- 3. Music as narrative -- 4. Richard Wagner: childhood trauma and creativity -- 5. Richard Strauss: creativity in crisis and crises in creativity -- 6. Cole Porter: trauma and self-restoration -- 7. Finale: music and the Jews.
Summary:
This book explores how we can understand the place of music from a self-psychological perspective, by investigating three journeys: the one we take when listening to music, the literal journey of the author from Nazi Germany to the United States, and the subjective round-trip between the past and the present. Drawing on the work of Heinz Kohut, the author examines how music can provide us with a way to reconnect with a sense of self, and how this can manifest in psychological and physical ways. There is particular reference to the work of Richard Wagner, Cole Porter, and Richard Strauss, and an examination of how their music enabled them, in times of stress and crisis, to restore and maintain a more positive sense of self. Finally, the book looks back at the author's own experiences of music and the place of music in the Jewish world--back cover.
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