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The following are taken from the first edition of The HOME Recordings: Strategies for Certified Therapeutic Musicians. These resources were edited out of the book in the second edition, in order to keep the links and resources current. They are provided for educational purposes, please respect the book's copyright protection and intellectual property rights of the author, the years of research and expertise to curate this list. Thank you.
Related Readings of Interest
Some of the research articles referenced next may fail to distinguish between live therapeutic music and music therapy as defined by each discipline. Despite overlapping terminology, these article references are provided as pertinent discussions within a broader umbrella of the beneficial effects of live therapeutic music interventions in varied iterations.
Anbalagan S, et al. Music for pain relief of minor procedures in term neonates. Pediatric Research. Published online August 29, 2023.
Apps K, Sunderland N. Live music in hospital oncology settings: environmental, interpersonal, and personal outcomes for staff, patients, and carers. Arts Health. 2023 Feb; 15(1):1-17.
Aragon D, Farris C, Byers JF. The effects of harp music in vascular and thoracic surgical patients. Altern Ther Health Med. 2002 Sep-Oct; 8(5):52-4, 56-60.
Arnon S, Shapsa A, Forman L, Regev R, Bauer S, Litmanovitz I, Dolfin T. Live music is beneficial to preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit environment. Birth. 2006 Jun; 33(2):131-6.
Bieleninik Ł, Geretsegger M, Mössler K, et al. Effects of improvisational music therapy vs enhanced standard care on symptom severity among children with autism spectrum disorder. The TIME—a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2017; 318(6):525-535.
Bittel, Impact of Live Therapeutic Music on Stress Levels Among Healthcare Workers in COVID-19 Critical Care Units. Interprofessional Journal of Healthcare and Research. 2022; (Vol. 1, No. 2).
Boyd-Brewer C, McCaffrey R. Vibroacoustic sound therapy improves pain management and more. Holist Nurs Pract. 2004 May-Jun;18(3):111-8.
Bradt J, Dileo C. Music interventions for mechanically ventilated patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014; 2014(12):CD006902.
Brancatisano, Baird, Forde Thompson. Why is music therapeutic for neurological disorders? The Therapeutic Music Capacities Model. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 2020.112:600-615. ISSN 0149-7634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.008.
Bro, M. L., Finderup, J., Smilde, R., Gram, B., & Dreyer, P. Musical Breaks—Live Music in a Hemodialysis Setting—A Qualitative Study on Patient, Nurse, and Musician. Perspectives In Healthcare. 2022, August; 10: 9, p. 1637.
Bro, M. L., Johansen, C., Vuust, P., Enggaard, L., Himmelstrup, B., Mourits-Andersen, T., ... & Gram, J. Effects of live music during chemotherapy in lymphoma patients: a randomized, controlled, multi-center trial. Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019; 27, 3887-3896.
Bush HI, LaGasse AB, Collier EH, Gettis MA, Walson K. Effect of Live Versus Recorded Music on Children Receiving Mechanical Ventilation and Sedation. Am J Crit Care. 2021 Sep 1; 30(5):343-349.
Byers JF, Smyth KA. Effect of a music intervention on noise annoyance, heart rate, and blood pressure in cardiac surgery patients. Am J Crit Care. 1997 May; 6(3):183-91.
Calamassi D, Pomponi GP. Music Tuned to 440 Hz Versus 432 Hz and the Health Effects: A Double-blind Cross-over Pilot Study. Explore (NY). 2019 Jul-Aug; 15(4):283-290. Epub 2019 Apr 6. Erratum in: Explore (NY). 2020 Jan - Feb;16(1):8.
Cardozo M. Harmonic sounds: complementary medicine for the critically ill. Br J Nurs. 2004 Dec 9-2005 Jan 12;13(22):1321-4.
Chiasson AM, Linda Baldwin A, McLaughlin C, Cook P, Sethi G. The effect of live spontaneous harp music on patients in the intensive care unit. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013:428731.
Collins, M., Fitzpatrick, K., Kiernan, A. M., Moss, H., & Harmon, D. Pilot Study on Music in the Waiting Room of Outpatient Pain Clinics. Pain Management Nursing, 2022; 23(3), 318-323.
Erbay Dalli, Ö., Bozkurt, C., & Yildirim, Y. The effectiveness of music interventions on stress response in intensive care patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2023; 32(11-12), 2827-2845.
Freeman L, Caserta M, Lund D, Rossa S, Dowdy A, Partenheimer A. Music thanatology: prescriptive harp music as palliative care for the dying patient. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2006 Mar-Apr;23(2):100-4.
Frickmann, Fabienne C. S, Richard D. Urman, Kaya Siercks, Gabriel Burgermeister, Markus M. Luedi, Friedrich E. Lersch. 2023. The Effect of Perioperative Auditory Stimulation with Music on Procedural Pain: A Narrative Review. Current Pain and Headache Reports 27: 217–226.
Ganzini L, Rakoski A, Cohn S, Mularski RA Family members’ views on the benefits of harp music vigils for terminally ill or dying loved ones. Palliative and Supportive Care 2013; 13:1–4.
Gasenzer ER, Neugebauer EA. Die Beziehung von Musik und Medizin in Geschichte und Gegenwart [The relations between music and medicine in history and present]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2011 Dec; 136(51-52):2644-51. German.
Gelatti, F., Viganò, C., Borsani, S., Conistabile, L., & Bonetti, L. Efficacy of live versus recorded harp music in reducing preoperative stress and fear related to minor surgery: a pilot study. Altern Ther Health Med, 2020; 26(3), 10-15.
Gutgsell KJ, Schluchter M, Margevicius S, DeGolia PA, McLaughlin B, Harris M, Mecklenburg J, Wiencek C. Music therapy reduces pain in palliative care patients: a randomized controlled trial. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 May; 45(5):822-31.
Holmes C, Knights A, Dean C, Hodkinson S, Hopkins V. Keep music live: music and the alleviation of apathy in dementia subjects. Int Psychogeriatr. 2006; Dec;18(4):623-30.
Kahna, Mohamed & Ghariani, Wafa. (2020). The Contribution of Music Therapy to the Operating Room: A Randomized Control Study. Medical Care Research and Review. 1. 14.
Kara B. The Effect of Music Therapy in Palliative Care. J Pall Car Nur 2016; 1(1):101e.
Kemper KJ, Hamilton C. Live harp music reduces activity and increases weight gain in stable premature infants. J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Dec;14(10):1185-6.
Kobus S, Diezel M, Dewan MV, Huening B, Dathe AK, Felderhoff-Mueser U, Bruns N. Music Therapy Is Effective during Sleep in Preterm Infants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 4;18(16):8245.
Kraft KE, Jaschke AC, Ravensbergen AG, Feenstra-Weelink A, van Goor MEL, de Kroon MLA, Reijneveld SA, Bos AF, van Dokkum NH. Maternal Anxiety, Infant Stress, and the Role of Live-Performed Music Therapy during NICU Stay in The Netherlands. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 2;18(13):7077.
Kühlmann AYR, de Rooij A, Kroese LF, van Dijk M, Hunink MGM, Jeekel J. Meta-analysis evaluating music interventions for anxiety and pain in surgery. Br J Surg. 2018 Jun;105(7):773-783.
Kuuse AK, Paulander AS, Eulau L. Characteristics and impacts of live music interventions on health and wellbeing for children, families, and health care professionals in paediatric hospitals: a scoping review. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2023 Dec; 18(1):2180859.
Langdon, Gillian Stephens. The Harp in Music Therapy. The American Harp Journal. 2021; 64-73.
Lee JH. The effects of music on pain: a meta-analysis. Journal of Music Therapy. 2016; 53(4):430-477.
Libby, Cynthia Green, and Daniel Hellman. Empathy as an Outcome of Learning Harp Therapy. The Harp Therapy Journal (2010): 1.
Lincoln, Valerie, et al. Impact of healing touch with healing harp on inpatient acute care pain: a retrospective analysis. Holistic Nursing Practice. 2014; 28.3: 164-170.
Merker BH, Madison GS, Eckerdal P. On the role and origin of isochrony in human rhythmic entrainment. Cortex. 2009 Jan; 45(1):4-17.
Mogos MF, Angard N, Goldstein L, Beckstead JW. The effects of live therapeutic music on patient's affect and perceptions of care: a randomized field study. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2013 Nov;19(4):188-92.
Nguyen KT, Xiao J, Chan DNS, Zhang M, Chan CWH. Effects of music intervention on anxiety, depression, and quality of life of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Jul; 30(7):5615-5626.
Opsahl, T. Effects of Synchronized Harp Music and Physiotherapy with an Emphasis on Harp Music Therapy. Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine. 2017. 07. 10.4172/2165-7386.1000314.
O'Sullivan RJ. A musical road to recovery: music in intensive care. Intensive Care Nurs. 1991 Sep; 7(3):160-3.
Paolantonio P, Pedrazzani C, Cavalli S, Williamon A. Music in the life of nursing home residents. Arts Health. 2022 Oct; 14(3):309-325.
Pearce, Janice. Use of the Harp by North American Music Therapists in Oncology/Palliative Care: A Survey Study. Diss. Concordia University, 2017.
Peng CS, Baxter K, Lally KM. Music Intervention as a Tool in Improving Patient Experience in Palliative Care. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2019 Jan;36(1):45-49.
Penoyer, Daleen & Farris, Carla & Byers, Jacqueline. (2001). The effects of harp music in vascular and thoracic surgical patients. Alternative therapies in health and medicine. 8. 52-4, 56.
Petrucci N. Beyond bleeps and alarms: live music by the bedside in the ICU. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Dec; 44(12):2282-2283. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5263-0. Epub 2018 Jun 25.
Pölkki T, Korhonen A. The effectiveness of music on pain among preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review. JBI Libr Syst Rev. 2012; 10(58):4600-4609.
Raab J. Improving the hospital experience with music. J Appl Arts Health. 2016; 7(3):391–396.
Ranger A, Helmert E, Bott TS, Ostermann T, Als H, Bassler D, Hautzinger M, Vagedes J. Physiological and emotional effects of pentatonic live music played for preterm neonates and their mothers in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit: A randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2018 Dec; 41:240-246.
Reimnitz L, Silverman MJ. A randomized pilot study of music therapy in the form of patient-preferred live music on fatigue, energy and pain in hospitalized adult oncology patients on a blood and marrow transplant unit. Arts Health. 2020 Jun; 12(2):154-168.
Riew GJ, Kamal K, Hijaz B, Awh KC, Nambudiri VE. Clinical music interventions and music therapy in dermatology. Arch Dermatol Res. 2023 May 19.
Sand-Jecklin K, Emerson H. The impact of a live therapeutic music intervention on patients' experience of pain, anxiety, and muscle tension. Holist Nurs Pract. 2010 Jan-Feb; 24(1):7-15.
Schlez A, Litmanovitz I, Bauer S, Dolfin T, Regev R, Arnon S. Combining kangaroo care and live harp music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit setting. Isr Med Assoc J. 2011 Jun;13(6):354-8.
Schmid W, Rosland JH, von Hofacker S, Hunskår I, Bruvik F. Patient's and health care provider's perspectives on music therapy in palliative care - an integrative review. BMC Palliat Care. 2018 Feb 20; 17(1):32.
Sliwka A, Jarosz A, Nowobilski R. Muzykoterapia jako składowa kompleksowego leczenia [Music therapy as a part of complex healing]. Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2006 Oct; 21(124):401-5. Polish. PMID: 17205788.
Schneider DM, Graham K, Croghan K, Novotny P, Parkinson J, Lafky V, Sloan JA. Application of therapeutic harp sounds for quality of life among hospitalized patients. J Pain Symptom Management. 2015 May; 49(5):836-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.09.012. Epub 2014 Nov 14.
Schwilling D, Vogeser M, Kirchhoff F, Schwaiblmair F, Boulesteix AL, Schulze A, Flemmer AW. Live music reduces stress levels in very low-birthweight infants. Acta Paediatr. 2015 Apr; 104(4):360-7.
Shoda H, Adachi M, Umeda T. How Live Performance Moves the Human Heart. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 22; 11(4):e0154322.
Soliva MS, Salvador IR, Testal AG, López CC, Ramón RO, Coca JV, Maset RG. Intervention study to verify the effect of live classic music during hemodialysis on the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease. Nefrologia (Engl Ed). 2022 Sep-Oct; 42(5):559-567.
Theorell T, Bojner Horwitz E. Emotional Effects of Live and Recorded Music in Various Audiences and Listening Situations. Medicines (Basel). 2019 Jan 22; 6(1):16.
Thoma MV, La Marca R, Brönnimann R, Finkel L, Ehlert U, Nater UM. The effect of music on the human stress response. PLoS One. 2013 Aug 5; 8(8):e70156.
Toccafondi A, Bonacchi A, Mambrini A, Miccinesi G, Prosseda R, Cantore M. Live concerts reduce cancer inpatients' anxiety. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2017 Nov; 26(6).
Tz-Han L, Wan-Ru W, I-Hui C, Hui-Chuan H. Reminiscence music intervention on cognitive, depressive, and behavioral symptoms in older adults with dementia. Geriatr Nurs. 2023 Jan-Feb; 49:127-132.
van der Steen JT, Smaling HJ, van der Wouden JC, et al. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2018;(7):CD003447.
van der Wal-Huisman H, Heineman E, van Leeuwen BL. Live bedside music in daily clinical practice of a surgical hospital ward among older patients: A controlled study design of an innovative practice. J Geriatr Oncol. 2021 Jul; 12(6):960-963.
Walworth D. Effect of live music therapy for patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging. J Music Ther. 2010 Winter; 47(4):335-50.
Walworth D, Rumana CS, Nguyen J, Jarred J. Effects of live music therapy sessions on quality of life indicators, medications administered and hospital length of stay for patients undergoing elective surgical procedures for brain. J Music Ther. 2008 Fall; 45(3):349-59.
Ware, A. The emerging field of harp therapy and its clinical applications. Journal of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association, 2013; 16(2), 15–17.
Warth M, Keßler J, Hillecke TK, Bardenheuer HJ. Music Therapy in Palliative Care. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015 Nov 13;112(46):788-94.
Wijk H, Neziraj M, Nilsson Å, Ung EJ. Exploring the use of music as an intervention for older people living in nursing homes. Nurs Older People. 2021 Nov 30; 33(6):14-20.
Williams, Sarajane, and VAHT CCM. "Harp Therapy as a Healing Instrument.”
Williams, S. Harp therapy: A psychoacoustic approach to treating pain and stress. The American Harp Journal. 1993; 2:6-10.
Wollenhaupt, Connie Davis. A descriptive study of the use and benefits of the harp in music therapy. Clarkson College, 1997.
Wu XL, Ji B, Yao SD, Wang LL, Jiang ZY. Effect of music intervention during hemodialysis: a comprehensive meta-analysis. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2021 May; 25(10):3822-3834.
Zhang CC, Mou L, Wang X, Guo D. Does live music benefits [sic] patients with brain and spinal injury? Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2015 Sep; 19(17):3246-50.
Miscellaneous/Related Clickable Links
Music 'calms nerves before surgery' as well as sedative https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49033435
The Physics of Sound, by Richard E. Berg and David G. Stork | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | AIP Publishing (Free Download)
British Academy of Sound Therapy article, 13 minutes (https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/music-to-release-sadness-and-feel-happier-study/)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). What we've learned. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/addm.html
Ludwig Conistabile study: Efficacy of Live Versus Recorded Harp Music in Reducing Preoperative Stress and Fear Related to Minor Surgery: A Pilot Study. Fabrizia Gelatti, RN et al
How equal temperament ruined harmony (and why you should care), Duffin, Ross W (Free Download)
Playing the Heart into Rhythm: A Healthy Complexity, Dr Ari Goldberger
Anthony Holland video: Shattering Cancer with Resonant Frequencies, TedxSkidmore
Elena Mannes video: The Music Instinct
Bobby McFerrin -- Notes and Neurons
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/harp-has-power-soothe-can-it-heal-flna1c9436605
NPR All Things Considered: Harp Therapy: Music as Medication
NPR Morning Edition: Music Thanatologists
Music Therapy: Why Doctors Use it to Help Patients Cope - The New York Times (NYT subscribers)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/well/mind/therapy-music-anxiety-mental-health.html?smid=url-share
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/songs-of-transition/
Possible Mechanisms for the Effects of Sound Vibration on Human Health - PMC
Laurie Riley video: Play Pain Free for Life
Laurie Riley: Therapeutic Music Resources
Science Blog: Music as Medicine after a Heart Attack. Nicole Napoli
Scientific American: Music and Speech Share a Code. Ferris Jabr
https://scienceblog.com/514817/music-as-medicine-30-minutes-a-day-shows-benefits-after-heart-attack/
Christina Tourin, Using the Harp for Healing
UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE JOURNAL: Music helps to build the brains of very premature babies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI10.1073/pnas.181753
Wired: How Music Affects our Brains and Bodies. 10/15/2016.
WUSF Radio: How Music Therapy in NICUs Can Help Babies Get Home Sooner Stephanie Columbini.
Animal-Related Reading: Both AAI and Therapeutic Music for Animals
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Kanamori M, Suzuki M, Yamamoto K, et al. A day care program and evaluation of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) for the elderly with senile dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias. 2001;16(4):234-239.
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/cats-dont-like-human-music-play-instead
https://visionandvoice.uvahealth.com/2022/10/spotlight-on-pet-and-music-therapy/
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