Use of music as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioral disorders

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David playing the harp before Saul. Etching by W. van der Leeuw after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630.

David playing his harp for a distraught Saul. Steel engraving by J. Rogers after A. Gros.

David playing the harp for a melancholy Saul to ease his mind, they are surrounded by courtiers. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.

People dancing the tarantella and playing music as an antidote to a tarantula bite. Etching.

The painter Hugo van der Goes with onlookers and a group of choir boys singing. Wood engraving after E.C. Wauters.

David playing his harp for a disgruntled Saul in front of a crowd of courtiers and soldiers. Engraving after L. van Leyden, 1508.

David playing his harp for a distraught Saul. Steel engraving by P. Vallot after A. Gros.

On the effects of music in curing and palliating diseases / by Samuel Mathews, of Virginia.

On the effects of music in curing and palliating diseases / By Samuel Mathews, of Virginia.

Performing arts medicine in clinical practice / Howard A. Bird.

Music for living : enriching the lives of profoundly mentally handicapped people / Miriam Wood ; illustrations, David Baird ; photographs, James D. Gilford.

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Music Therapy

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Images about Music Therapy

Works from the collections

On the effects of music in curing and palliating diseases / by Samuel Mathews, of Virginia.

On the effects of music in curing and palliating diseases / By Samuel Mathews, of Virginia.

Performing arts medicine in clinical practice / Howard A. Bird.

Music for living : enriching the lives of profoundly mentally handicapped people / Miriam Wood ; illustrations, David Baird ; photographs, James D. Gilford.

The painter Hugo van der Goes with onlookers and a group of choir boys singing. Wood engraving after E.C. Wauters.

Music Therapy

Images from the collections

Images about Music Therapy

Works from the collections

On the effects of music in curing and palliating diseases / by Samuel Mathews, of Virginia.

On the effects of music in curing and palliating diseases / By Samuel Mathews, of Virginia.

Performing arts medicine in clinical practice / Howard A. Bird.

Music for living : enriching the lives of profoundly mentally handicapped people / Miriam Wood ; illustrations, David Baird ; photographs, James D. Gilford.

The painter Hugo van der Goes with onlookers and a group of choir boys singing. Wood engraving after E.C. Wauters.

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