Book contents
- Reviews
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Program NotesMusic, Wellness, and Aging
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Overture
- 2 In Search of a Perfect Harmony: Music and Wellness in Later Life
- 3 Hearing the Muse’s Message: Changes in Sensory–Perceptual and Cognitive Processes
- 4 Sing a New Song! Therapeutic Interventions with Music
- 5 Trio: Resilience, Recovery, and Growth
- 6 Tutti: Music in Relationships and Communities
- 7 Rhythm and Blues: Work and Retirement
- 8 Requiem: Spirituality and End-of-Life
- 9 Coda: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life
- Notes
- Index
8 - Requiem: Spirituality and End-of-Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2021
- Reviews
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Program NotesMusic, Wellness, and Aging
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Overture
- 2 In Search of a Perfect Harmony: Music and Wellness in Later Life
- 3 Hearing the Muse’s Message: Changes in Sensory–Perceptual and Cognitive Processes
- 4 Sing a New Song! Therapeutic Interventions with Music
- 5 Trio: Resilience, Recovery, and Growth
- 6 Tutti: Music in Relationships and Communities
- 7 Rhythm and Blues: Work and Retirement
- 8 Requiem: Spirituality and End-of-Life
- 9 Coda: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life
- Notes
- Index
Summary
We discuss music as a reflection of our deepest and most important existential concerns. Indeed, music connects us with the transcendent and is used to express our spirituality. The term “requiem” refers to music that honors those who have died.In this chapter we discuss death and dying, and our approach to living that gives us comfort, hope, and a sense of finality. We posit spirituality as a key thread in the various social theories of aging, and recognize music as a vehicle to and key aspect of the sacred moment. We also explore Buddhist thought (e.g., right view, right livelihood) as a metaphor and method to apply to our attitude toward music and music as a profession. This chapter recognizes how music may be involved in spiritual expressions and in the celebration of the End-of-Life.
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- Music, Wellness, and AgingDefining, Directing, and Celebrating Life, pp. 142 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021