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Functions of Music Making Under Lockdown: A Trans-Historical Perspective Across Two Pandemics

This paper describes how music fulfills two of its broadly recognized functions—“mood regulation” and “social cohesion”—in times of pandemics and social isolation. Through a trans-historical comparison of the musical activities of the Milanese during an outbreak of plague in 1576 with the musical ac...

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Autor principal: Chiu, Remi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391135
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.616499
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Sumario:This paper describes how music fulfills two of its broadly recognized functions—“mood regulation” and “social cohesion”—in times of pandemics and social isolation. Through a trans-historical comparison of the musical activities of the Milanese during an outbreak of plague in 1576 with the musical activities observed during the COVID lockdowns in 2020 (such as balcony-singing and playlist-making), this paper suggests a framework for understanding the role of music in the care of the biological body and the social body in times of medical disaster.