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Effects of opera music from brain to body : a matter of wellbeing / Lorenzo Lorusso, Michele Augusto Riva, Vittorio Alessandro Sironi, editors.

9783031347696 (electronic bk.)
3031347692 (electronic bk.)
3031347684
9783031347689

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023.

English

1 online resource (140 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).

10.1007/978-3-031-34769-6 doi

ML3830 .E44 2023

782.101/9

This book explores the connection between melodrama and medicine from multiple perspectives. Neuroscientists study the relationship between opera and brain functioning in the light of new findings in the fields of neurophysiology, neuroimaging, cognitive science and neuro-musicology; clinicians investigate the therapeutic potential of music, especially in the field of treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with neurodegenerative diseases; medical historians analyse the representation of diseases and those who cure diseases within operas; occupational doctors report descriptions of diseases that affect workers in the opera world and particularly focus on psychiatric and psychological alterations. Opera, with its instrumental and vocal accompaniment, is considered the most complete form of theatrical performance. However, little is known about the mechanisms of brain activity under the influence of melodrama on singers, musicians, and listeners. The use of neuroimaging techniques has enabled a better understanding of the neuronal mechanisms and circuits involved during an opera performance. Over the past 20 years, melodrama has increasingly been used as a therapeutic approach in various neurological and neuropsychiatric pathologies, such as depression, cognitive impairment, and even coma. The book also discusses the ways in which melodrama affects professionals involved in music and interventions to reduce or alleviate occupational diseases, leading to improved health and higher life satisfaction. The ultimate goal is to improve therapeutic interventions in neurological diseases and professional disorders, relying on solid neuroscientific data. This book will be of great interest to neurologists, neurobiologists, psychiatrists, occupational doctors and therapists in music.

References -- 5: Neuro-Musicology of Opera -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Opera Performance: Self-Identification on the Stage and in the Brain -- 5.3 "Fremo, smanio, avvampo, tremo" (I Tremble, Yearn, Flush, Tremble): Opera and Its Psychophysiological Effects Opera and Its Psychophysiological Correlates Opera and the Autonomic Nervous System -- 5.4 "Opera Therapy": Exploiting the Treating Potential of Opera -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- 6: The Singing Brain: Words and Music in the Opera -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Historical Notes on the Role of Music and Voice in Early Operas

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