A Music Lesson on Resilience: Alice Herz-Sommer, Her Piano, and the Capacity to Survive
The life of Alice Herz-Sommer, a Holocaust survivor and concert pianist, illustrates how music has the potential to cultivate personality traits that lead to resilience. The act of listening to or making music serves to transport an individual to a peaceful, timeless, and wondrous place. Music, when...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2017]
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2017, Volume: 71, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-63 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
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| Summary: | The life of Alice Herz-Sommer, a Holocaust survivor and concert pianist, illustrates how music has the potential to cultivate personality traits that lead to resilience. The act of listening to or making music serves to transport an individual to a peaceful, timeless, and wondrous place. Music, when incorporated into the art of pastoral care, can assist individuals to have a renewed sense of hope in the midst of struggle and trauma. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964316670855 |