In defense of beauty: A role for the aesthetic in music therapy theory part I: The development of aesthetic theory in music therapy

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-128

  Aigen, Kenneth ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Beauty; Music therapy theory; Phihsophical inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009629805     PISSN: 08098131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08098130709478181     Document Type: Article

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