English summary: This book deals with music and poetry as therapies or seriously ill and dying people. With help of examples the author wants to encourage the reader to find his (or her) individual way to the patient's need. The book applies to doctors, music therapists and also to nurses and staff in hospices as well as to friends and family members. It shows that our voice as a direct instrument has a relieving impact on ill and dying persons. German description: In diesem Buch werden Begegnungen mit schwerkranken und sterbenden Menschen in der Musik- und Poesie-Therapie beschrieben. Die...