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Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

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<strong>of</strong> intensity and tension (as indicated in the Intensity Pr<strong>of</strong>iles) is reflected in<br />

the imagery. The image potential <strong>of</strong> a music selection will become manifest as<br />

related to the individual focus and ‚travel style’ <strong>of</strong> the client.<br />

In other words: This identifies the role and different functions <strong>of</strong> the music as ‘Co-<br />

Therapist’.<br />

8.3.2 Analysis II: Content analysis <strong>of</strong> selected music and episodes<br />

The analyses in section 8.3.1 indicated that the relationship between music and<br />

imagery is a more general feature on an abstract formal or morphological level.<br />

Narrative matrices found in the configuration <strong>of</strong> the metaphors had a certain<br />

correspondence to formal matrices found in the music. Another issue related to the<br />

research question is more concerned with content than with form, namely whether it is<br />

possible to identify similarities <strong>of</strong> image content between participants to specific<br />

music selections? ‘Similarity <strong>of</strong> image content’ could be within any <strong>of</strong> the image<br />

realms: visual, auditory, emotional etc. – Based on App. 8.1 I have examined the<br />

recordings and transcripts related to the 13 music selections that four or more <strong>of</strong> the<br />

six participants were noted to use on one or more occasions. This was done in order to<br />

determine whether data that include music selections experienced by four or more<br />

participants indicated a similarity <strong>of</strong> content between participants, as based on the<br />

imagery reports in the session logs.<br />

I have identified two music selections that invite such an analysis. The two Bach<br />

chorales included in the program Mostly Bach (cuts 2 and 3) seem to evoke imagery<br />

related to loss, death and dying. In the following analysis I will investigate how the<br />

imagery <strong>of</strong> four participants (WIFU, INLA, SAAA, ANHO) may be related to<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> the music. The analysis comprises:<br />

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• <strong>Music</strong> analysis <strong>of</strong> the two chorales, with special attention on a) the<br />

relationship between musical expression and text in Bach’s original<br />

compositions, b) the properties <strong>of</strong> the orchestral arrangements by Leopold<br />

Stokowski, used in the sessions. This analysis includes data from a workshop<br />

with students in GIM level three training.

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