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BROWNE, Richard

BROWNE, Richard

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1729 CE

#9503

Medicina musica: Or, a mechanical essay on the effects of singing, musick, and dancing, on human bodies. Revis'd and corrected. To which is annex'd a new essay on the nature and cure of the spleen and vapours.

A very early book on music therapy. Among other things Browne was aware of the effect of music upon mood, and recognized that music could lift depression. OCLC states "Originally published anonymously in 1727 under ti…