Should Russian and Ukrainian soldiers stop shooting and listen to “Prelude No. Bach’s “Prelude” becomes a Requiem, a mass for the dead. Beauty is murdered with each bullet and bomb. Our universal notes are lost in the spew of outrage. War is not just a failure of words, but a failure of listening. “Where words fail, music speaks,” wrote Hans Christian Andersen. The result is disharmony, the cacophonous scream of humanity.Ī prelude to peace means we must stop shouting, stop shooting, and listen, since only with our own silence can we hear the music. Violence and war are anathema to beauty and life, inconsistent with our natural state. It speaks of a universal beauty, a shared appreciation. Such music can transcend cultural, ethnic, and religious boundaries. Bach’s modulating of keys mediates our conflicted emotions, his repeating notes take us to a non-thinking state, the subtle tension and resolution in the music captures, captivates, and then releases us, harmonized and healed. 1 in C Major,” from his “Well-Tempered Clavier,” is universally known by its seemingly simple, gentle rolling keys with each note attracting the other, linking chords, all connecting us to him, his music, and to fellow listeners. And it is music that just might save us.īach’s “Prelude No. Each musical piece is a unique expression of truth, telling us something we know without thinking. Music conjures the deepest sources of our shared humanity. Music is not just representational, not just mimetic it does more than simply imitate a thought or feeling or scene. to get through the night I listen to classical music.” She is known as the “Violin Doc.” One veteran in the group says, “I’m into classical music. According to Barbara Crowe, past president of the AMTA, “Music therapy can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort-between demoralization and dignity.”Īt a VA clinic in New Jersey for Vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD, a staff psychiatrist slides her bow across her viola playing a soft tune. The American Music Therapy Association (formerly the National Association for Music Therapy) was founded in 1950 and ever since has been promoting the benefits of music therapy to help with the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals. Accordingly, music can open a safe path to remember, to talk, to engage and heal. Music rebuilds damaged neural connections, engages neural networks, and triggers the parasympathetic nervous system (the “rest and digest” side) to relax patients.Īdditional research demonstrates that pleasant music can reduce activity in the brain’s amygdala, which is responsible for regulating our negative emotions. Music is not just the language of the gods but quite possibly the language of peace, healing, and reconciliation.Ĭombat veterans with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury are benefiting from music therapy. In recent years, the Veterans Administration has more than doubled the number of music therapists at its clinics.
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