To the History of the National Programmes of Music Therapy: V. M. Bekhterev – A Multidisciplinary Approach in Science and Education

Abstract

The article analyzes the valuable, organizational and scientific approaches by V. M. Bekhterev to the issues related to the study of the influence of music on the somatic and mental sphere of man. The versatile problems of researches of school of the scientist in this direction characterizing its scientific programme, historical and philosophical and theoretical and methodological bases are presented. Of particular interest are the little-known archival documents related to the creation of a special Commission to study the influence of music and the activities of the State Institute of music education, which was part of the Psychoneurological Academy established by V. M. Bekhterev. An attempt is made to comprehend the value of the personal potential of the scientist in the development of the domestic musical-therapeutic, musical-psychological and musical-pedagogical knowledge from the perspective of the present time, from the point of view of modern problems of science and education. It is shown that the contributions of the scientist in this direction are to direct methodology of these researches on the materialistic base, to attract experimental methods of research of musical influence, to involve the synthesis of natural science and social and humanitarian disciplines with musicology, to uphold the principles of complexity and interdisciplinary, unity of theory, experiment and practice, individual approach to the study of the influence of music on the person in medical and educational contexts.

Keywords

• v. m. bekhterev
• music therapy
• interdisciplinary approach
• music influence research
• music therapy education