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...... (Bunt, 1994, p. 1)
This above statement also refers to the way that music tends to universalize or bring people of different culture, nationalities and backgrounds together
However, it is also true that until very recently the psychological and sociological study of music as an important component affecting society and the individual has been neglected to a great extent. [1] This situation is ascribed to the general neglect of artistic and aesthetic aspects that impact on modern society in general. (Denora, 2000, p. ix) [2] This view is worth bearing in mind as it is only fairly recently that disciplines such as music therapy have been advocated in mainstream medical and healthcare treatment. Denora ( 2000) also mentions that perhaps,
sociomusical scholarship's failure to recognize music's powers is due more to the use of inappropriate models for conceptualizing the nature of those powers too often, music is thought of as a stimulus capable of working independently of its circumstances of production, distribution and consumption......

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