Su-Xia Li*
Music has now been proved to have not only the role of artistic performance but also therapeutic effect; it has been applied to clinical treatments, psychotherapy, spiritual healing, etc. This article tends to review the development history of modern music therapy and also supplements the development of Chinese traditional music therapy through chronologically order to give readers a deep and broad understanding of music therapy. Besides, this article also summarizes music therapy’s modern applications through the review of previous scholars’ researches to give readers a clear and simple understanding of music therapy.