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We searched Pubmed\/Medline (NLM), Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane and Google Scholar, including articles from 1 January 2011\u201320 July 2021, using the keywords \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s disease\u201d, \u201cMusic therapy\u201d, \u201cCaregivers overload\u201d, \u201cAmnesia retrograde\u201d and \u201cClinical evolution\u201d. To select the articles our criteria included complete text availability, quantitative research of an experimental nature and studies which, at least, figured in SJR or in JCR. Results: We found a relationship between the application of music therapy in patients with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and an improvement regarding symptomatology, as it smoothed down the progress of the disease. Using music therapy in Alzheimer\u2019s patients also led to a decrease in caregivers\u2019 burden and an increase in their well-being. 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