Edith Boxill Hillman – Music Therapy for Developmentally Disabled Individuals (CD)

Description

Edith Hillman Boxill presents in this 1976 compilation a collection of songs to exemplify the use of music in handicapped learning development. As Boxill states: “Music therapy is the use of music as a functional, therapeutic tool for the restoration, maintenance, and improvement of mental and physical health.” She focuses on an immersive experience that is “centered in music-movement/sensory-motor/singing and chanting… ” Liner notes include detailed explanations of Boxill’s methods and approaches.

Tracklist:

1. The People In Your Neighborhood
2. Day By Day
3. Shoo Fly
4. Freedom Train
5. Haitian Song Of Possession
6. Guantanamera
7. Go To Sleep, My Dear (Improvisation)
8. Hora
9. This Little Light Of Mine
10. Hey, Betty Martin
11. Ev’rybody
12. Margarita (Tune Of La Cucaracha)

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