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We offer our sympathies to his friends, colleagues, clients, family, and loved ones. Sacks for his ardent support of music therapy over many, many years and add our condolences to the thousands of others in the world whom his work and writings have touched. Anthony Gottlieb podcasts for The Economist and teaches the history of ideas at the CUNY Graduate Center. Sacks, AMTA members and friends made a tribute CD of well wishes, songs, and music earlier this year which was presented to him in May. In honor of the many contributions of Dr. His body of work helped to highlight the science behind music therapy and to shine a light on the important work of board certified music therapists. Sacks for his research, books, and numerous appearances around the world. The American Music Therapy Association and the entire music therapy community is deeply indebted to Dr. Oliver Sacks, noted neurologist and acclaimed author.

We are saddened to learn of the death of Dr.

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While the fairness of this statement is debatable, it is true that the therapeutic armamentarium of the neurologist is rather limited. A general surgeon once remarked to me that neurologists do not cure diseasethey admire it.

Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award from AMTA Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.His writing is clear, civilized and genial, if occasionally repetitive and dryly scientific. Scholarship Opportunities for AMTA Members Oliver Sacks (Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat).Education and Clinical Training Information.