"Paths of Development in Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy," by Kenneth Aigen

Reviews a book on music therapy that is the outcome of a four-year qualitative research study (Barcelona Publishers, 332p, 2CDs included). States that the book is divided into three sections, with section one describing the qualitative research process that the author undertook and providing both historical and biographical background for the clinical work discussed, section two providing an in-depth presentation of the early seminal work of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins, and the final section providing a comparative analysis of the courses of therapy presented. Comments that the author's thorough, thoughtful, and articulate examination of the work of Nordoff and Robbins is by far the most in-depth analysis and provides the most profound understanding of the Nordoff-Robbins model of music therapy.