{"id":5360,"date":"2020-11-23T13:44:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/magazin\/?p=5360"},"modified":"2021-04-12T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T07:05:47","slug":"hinter-jedem-liebingslied-steckt-eine-geschichte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdw.ac.at\/magazin\/2020\/11\/23\/hinter-jedem-liebingslied-steckt-eine-geschichte\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBehind every favourite song, there\u2019s a story\u201d (Alligatoah)"},"content":{"rendered":"Behind any person\u2019s favourite song, there\u2019s a personal story\u2014and behind the project lieblingslied.at<\/i> [Lieblingslied<\/i> = favourite song\u2014Trans.], launched in March 2020 by the Department of Music Therapy in light of Austria\u2019s COVID-19 lockdown, there\u2019s likewise a story. It\u2019s a story that we\u2019d like to briefly summarise here.<\/p>\n

Against the backdrop of balcony concerts and other neighbourhood initiatives, an early 2020 conversation between Manuel Goditsch (\u00d6BM \u2013 Austrian Association of Music Therapists) and Thomas Stegemann (head of the mdw\u2019s Department of Music Therapy) gave rise to the idea of creating online music therapy offerings in order to reach people in their own homes.<\/p>\n

This was virtually no sooner said than done: from 19 March to 19 April 2020, a six-person coordination team (consisting of music therapists from the mdw and the \u00d6BM) worked to develop the concept of lieblingslied.at<\/i>, which was to involve music therapy students as well as accompanying research in collaboration with the mdw\u2019s Department of Music Sociology (see illustration 1). This period also included the project\u2019s technical realisation by the Information Technology, discussion of all legal issues relating to data protection, the production of an informational clip, submission of a research funding application to the Andreas Tobias Kind Foundation (Germany), creation of a website, preparation of press releases, and much more. Under normal conditions, all this would probably have required a couple months of planning\u2014for which reason we\u2019d like to extend our special thanks to all participants at the mdw for their successful efforts to realise this initiative at such short notice. This project was also welcomed and supported by all of Austria\u2019s music therapy training programmes and professional organisations.<\/p>\n

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lieblingslied.at, a crosscutting project of Austria\u2019s music therapists \u00a9 lieblingslied.at<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
What is lieblingslied.at?<\/i><\/h5>\n

This pilot project was a free, preventive, and resource-oriented offering aimed especially at individuals who are more burdened than most by the COVID-19 situation. At the centre of this type of receptive intervention is a song or piece of music that a person may request, music that is then played by\u2014or listened to together with\u2014a music therapist or music therapy student via (video-)telephony at an agreed-upon time. On an optional basis, this can be followed by a conversation about the piece of music. lieblingslied.at <\/i>does not involve a classic music therapy process but rather represents an ad hoc offering aimed primarily at evoking positive emotions in connection with the requested favourite song. Favourite songs, after all, always contain a piece of one\u2019s own personal history that mutual listening allows to be told, conveyed, and shared\u2014thereby satisfying a fundamental human need.<\/p>\n