The birth of the Malaysian society for music in medicine: a concerted move to promote the use of music for therapeutic purposes

• Main Authors: Yin, Sharon Zi Chong, Foo, I-Wei, Lai, James Hock Yeow, Law, Geraldine Ming Ming, Stanslas, Johnson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Association for Music & Medicine 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35638/1/The%20birth%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20society%20for%20music%20in%20medicine.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35638/; https://mmd.iammonline.com/index.php/musmed/article/view/MMD-6-1-9

Malaysia is a multi-cultural society and the resulting myriad forms of music played in the nation are an ethnomusicologist’s haven. A simple cross-sample taken across the different kinds of music available reflects a diverse range reflective of much of the Asian region as a whole. Music medicine has...