Papers by Chihiro Larissa Tsukamoto
This dissertation examines the history of music’s use for healing purposes in Antiquity and the M... more This dissertation examines the history of music’s use for healing purposes in Antiquity and the Middle Ages and explores the contributions of Islamic medicine on historical musical therapy. It begins in ancient Greece with an examination of polytheistic ancient Greek music and medicine, moves to the role of music in Byzantine healing institutions after the Christianization of Greece, and to its role in bīmāristāns during the Abbasid, Mamluk, and Ottoman periods. Ultimately, it seeks to describe how music was used therapeutically in ancient Greek, Byzantine, and Islamic institutions of healing.
Several ancient Greek philosophers believed music could affect the body, but it is Abbasid-era medical institutions that were the first to employ musicians and to apply music in clinical settings. Abbasid-era Muslim philosophers and physicians made major advancements to the theory and practice of the use of music for therapeutic purposes. Two important aims of this project are to correct historical narratives and to make known practices that can potentially be applied to modern medicine and music therapy.
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There has been much scholarship over the years regarding Scandinavian culture during the Viking A... more There has been much scholarship over the years regarding Scandinavian culture during the Viking Age (c. 793–1066 CE). However, often missing from these discussions is the study of music. This paper attempts to fill that gap by offering a reconstruction of Viking Age Scandinavian music. Archaeological evidence, literary records, and medieval music theories were used as the basis of this study. Archaeology indicates that Scandinavians played wind, string, and percussion instruments, while later Old Norse literary accounts detail the many circumstances wherein music was performed, and suggest the likely existence of different musical genres. I have consulted Arabic, Greek, and Latin accounts for contemporary sources, as the Scandinavian people did not have a written culture during this time. Marking a departure from typical historical analyses, I have also conducted a cross-cultural comparison of medieval Arabic, Greek, and Western European music theories in order to recognize what Scandinavian music could not have resembled. By combining archaeological, literary, and musical evidence, it is possible to propose a highly educated hypothesis on how Viking Age Scandinavian music may have sounded.
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Papers by Chihiro Larissa Tsukamoto
Several ancient Greek philosophers believed music could affect the body, but it is Abbasid-era medical institutions that were the first to employ musicians and to apply music in clinical settings. Abbasid-era Muslim philosophers and physicians made major advancements to the theory and practice of the use of music for therapeutic purposes. Two important aims of this project are to correct historical narratives and to make known practices that can potentially be applied to modern medicine and music therapy.
Several ancient Greek philosophers believed music could affect the body, but it is Abbasid-era medical institutions that were the first to employ musicians and to apply music in clinical settings. Abbasid-era Muslim philosophers and physicians made major advancements to the theory and practice of the use of music for therapeutic purposes. Two important aims of this project are to correct historical narratives and to make known practices that can potentially be applied to modern medicine and music therapy.