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  • 1 - Overture

  • Scott F. Madey, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Dean D. VonDras, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
  • Book:
    Music, Wellness, and Aging
    Published online:
    07 October 2021
    Print publication:
    21 October 2021, pp 1-17

  • Summary

    This first chapter introduces the connection of music to wellness as we age. It underscores that music is a pervasive influence, found in all cultures, and embodies the heart and soul of a people. We describe a well society, and discuss how music may be beneficial to both the person and society. Further, we establish the phenomenological-humanistic orientation of music, wellness, and aging. This approach recognizes social connection as a basic need, and self-actualization as an essential human motivation. Self-actualization refers to a need for personal growth, where there is the expression and fulfillment of the upper limits of one’s abilities, talents and greatest possibilities, and the essence of who we are that is reflected in creative activities such as music. We further note that the process of self-actualization is central aspect of our well-being throughout the life course.