Music Therapy Dimensions in the Science of Ancient Iranian Islamic Music Music Epistles from the 3rd to 13th Centuries A.H.

The ancient science of music therapy in the essays on the Iranian—Islamic music is observable with ontological and scientific attitudes. Thus, the metaphysical manifestations and the psychological effects of music are considered as the most important aspects of music. The aim of the study is to assess the views of scholars on various dimensions of music therapy, as well as the amount of topics presented in this regard. Accordingly, utilizing library studies and taking notes of relevant information and employing comparative and analytical method have been carried out in this study. The findings are on the basis of the chapters on the effect of music in the treatment collected from the contents of 12 music epistles from 3rd to 13th centuries A.H. The analysis has been done based on the number of words and pages by using Excel software to indicate the importance of the amount of subjects related to music therapy in each epistle. The epistles have been divided into the different dimensions of music therapy by, music steps and rhythms with the human moods, time, cosmology and the natural elements. based on the analysis of 5 categories, the total proportion of the pages and words in relation to music therapy in each section is as follows: 1. the effect of melodies types, 0/83 pages and 0/77 words; 2. the effect of music steps with the human moods, 0/72 pages and 1/17 words; 3. The effect of music steps with the day and night times, 0/55 pages and 0/75 words; 4. The relation of therapy to tone (Maghamat) and chords to the four elements, 0/86 pages and 0/52 words; rhythm to treatment, 7/54 pages and 3/9 words. Most authors place the assumption of a direct correlation between a melody and various personal types and particular emotional responses as well as issues such as cosmology and the theory of temperaments in the science syllabus. The effect of music and its correlation as a method alongside the medical services has been focused by the intellectual authors of music essays from the 4 to 13 centuries A.H. Then, the music in the treatment of patients has been similar to what today is called the comfort therapy. In fact, their reasoning was that the effectiveness of treating many diseases would be related to the mental status of the patient. And the patient needs the breezy factors outside the body that influence his brain and physiological factors. They sought to implement the melodies influencing the moods and culture of listeners, which could be pleasant to them. It is noteworthy to point that the studied treaties tended to focuse themselves mostly on the page and word contribution of the effects of music rhythm and steps on an individual’s mood and also the music relevance and relation to the therapy. Hence, the three epistles of "Kenz-ul-Tohaf", “Nasime Tarab” and "Jame Alhan" are believed to have devoted themselves more intensely on the subject matter of music therapy in comparison with other studied treaties.