Music and identity

musical autobiographies in multiple sclerosis patients

Authors

  • Cecilia Cavalieri França Federal University of Minas Gerais
  • Shirlene Vianna Moreira Federal University of Minas Gerais
  • Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto Federal University of Minas Gerais
  • Marcos A. Moreira Federal University of Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2009.54559

Keywords:

music therapy, multiple sclerosis, identity, musical identity

Abstract

Musical autobiographies consist a powerful therapeutic tool through which individuals define themselves,
helping in the (re)construction of their identities and in enhancing quality of life of Multiple Sclerosis patients.
Eight adult patients under treatment in the Research Centre for Multiple Sclerosis (CIEM) – UFMG, selected 10 to
15 significant pieces of music in their lives, after which they narrated in open interview. The data collected were
submitted to the music therapist Even RUDD (1998) categories, which reveal how the person expresses his personal,
social, temporal and transpersonal identities. The quantitative treatment indicate that, through their musical history,
patients could better the perception of their feelings and body awareness, they could express themselves through
alternative ways and activated affective memories, contextualizing them and achieving a sense of continuity of life.

Author Biographies

  • Cecilia Cavalieri França, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Cecília Cavalieri França holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of London. She is a pianist trained at the School of Music of UFMG and a Specialist in Music Education from UFMG. She is the author of the works Para fazer música (UFMG Press), Feito à mão: criação e performance para o pianista iniciante (Halt Gráfica e Editora), and Poemas Musicais, which includes the CD and corresponding sheet music book Poemas Musicais: ondas, meninas, estrelas e bichos, a finalist for the Tim Award 2004, as well as the CD Toda Cor. She is also a co-author of the book Jogos Pedagógicos para Educação Musical (2005) and the work Matemúsica, an original pedagogical material for teaching musical meter. She works as a professor and researcher at the School of Music of UFMG.

  • Shirlene Vianna Moreira , Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Shirlene Vianna Moreira es máster en Música por la Escuela de Música de la UFMG, psicóloga por la UFJF y musicoterapeuta. Tiene una beca en musicoterapia en el Centre Hopitalier Georges Mazurelle de Francia y fue pionera en el estudio de pacientes con esclerosis múltiple a través de la musicoterapia en Brasil.

  • Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto holds a Ph.D. in Ophthalmology from UFMG. He is currently an Associate Professor at UFMG and the President of CIEM.

  • Marcos A. Moreira, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Marcos A. Moreira is a Neurologist with a Master's Degree in Medicine from Santa Casa de São Paulo. He is a doctor at CIEM.

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2009-02-13

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“Music and Identity: Musical Autobiographies in Multiple Sclerosis Patients ”. 2009. Per Musi, no. 20 (February): 54-63. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2009.54559.