ABSTRACT
Early childhood psychoanalysis has found that early representations stem from primary emotional experiences linked to tactile, olfactory, and acoustic sensations. Through the musical elements of language (rhythm, tone, cadence, silences) we connect with the deepest emotions of our patients. In particular, music saddens, cheers, creates imaginary landscapes, or awakens memories in us. It is a continent suitable for the auditor to project the internal situations mobilized by the audition.
The artist can put the unconscious into the open by transforming the most primary emotional experience into symbolic and communicable formations. Musical work is prone to creating pleasure, opening up paths for thinking and giving rise to anxiety. This chapter addresses what are the anxieties that – like any other aesthetic experience – listening to music can awake.
