Music gives specific meanings to our lives, but also to how we experience death; it forms a central part of death rituals, consoles survivors, and celebrates th

Music is often our companion when dealing with the incomprehensibility of loss. This edited collection speaks to the multifarious and complex ways in which musi

This edited collection offers a range of critical, analytic and personal reflections on how music provides a container and a medium for experiencing, processing

The accompanying CD contains music excerpts which are listed in the book on pgs. xiii-xvii.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Paeg -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: music for the dead