23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

engage most music therapists:
* What are the differences between music and
verbal language?
* What is the content of communication in music?
* Is music a language of the unconscious?
* How does the communication process work?
* Does music consist of commonly interpretable
universal symbols?
* And, very important: are these the relevant
questions?
A broad view of the ongoing discussion about the
relation between language and music is given, covering
the fields of music ethnology, communication theory,
language acquisition and theories of music as a system
of thoughts/a cognitive system.
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Rather than giving any definitive answers, the paper
gives a platform on the bases of human communication
related to music, and an inspiration for making further
investigations in specific topics of music communication.
El trabajo es una comparación entre música y lenguaje,
haciendo referencia a las investigaciones previas en
este campo. El propósito es destacar los factores
comunicativos de la música que pueden ser de interés
para los musicoterapeutas. En resumen, el trabajo
debate las siguientes cuestiones que conciernen a la
mayoría de los musicoterapeutas:
* ¿Cuáles son las diferencias entre música y
lenguaje verbal?
* ¿Cuál es el contenido de comunicación en la
música?