Overview: Traces the role played by music within asylums, the participation of staff and patients in musical activity, and the links drawn between music, health, and wellbeing..Draws on a wide range of sources This book traces the role played by music within asylums, the participation of staff and patients in musical activity, and the links drawn between music, health, and wellbeing. In the first part of the book, the author draws on a wide range of sources to investigate the debates around moral management, entertainment, and music for patients, as well as the wider context of music and menta
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