Famous composers -- diseases reloaded / Andreas Otte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Otte, Andreas P., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--Biography.

Composers.

Composers--Diseases.

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

Diseases--History.

Diseases.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2022.

Summary:

The life and death, but also the creative work of famous musicians is closely linked to their personal medical histories. In "Famous Composers Diseases Reloaded" these case histories are vividly reconstructed on the basis of authentic biographical testimonies and closely linked to the personalities of the musicians. The latest research findings on the pathophysiology of these composers will be woven into the overall picture. Was Paganini's "devilishness" caused by a hereditary disease? Did Scarlatti have strange signs of illness on his fingers? What did Bach really die of? How did "Christel" from a dubious milieu change Schumann's entire life? What aggravated Ravel's underlying illness so that he did not complete a single composition in the last five years before his death? How did Tarrega manage to play the guitar again after his stroke with hemiplegia? Did the Brazilian Villa-Lobos' worldwide reputation help him live longer thanks to the best treatment available to him? Andreas Otte, physician and musician, has incorporated the latest medical history research into the composers' pathographies. This book is an exciting and "well-tempered" reading experience not only for physicians, music lovers, musicologists and musicians, but for all readers who want to develop a basic understanding of the pathophysiology and life scores of these great masters under current conditions from today's perspective.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

About the Author

Abbreviations

1: Diseases of Famous Composers Put into Context of Their General Historical Framework

1.1 The Fascination About Diseases of Famous Composers

1.2 The Difficulties of Retrodiagnoses

1.2.1 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Possibilities

1.2.2 Interpretation of Symptoms

1.2.3 Absence of Suspected Diagnosis

1.2.4 Later Appearance of Information About Diseases

1.2.5 Present-Day Methods

1.2.6 Retrodiagnosis as Retrospective Diagnosis

1.2.7 Source Data

1.3 The Change of Diseases Over Time

1.4 The Composer in the General Historical Framework

1.5 The Timelessness of Music

1.6 How the Great Composers Feel About Their Illnesses

References

2: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Bach's Diseases

2.3 Bach's Skeleton

2.3.1 The Discovery

2.3.2 His' Photography of the Skeleton

2.3.3 Overall View of the Skeleton

2.3.4 The Hands

2.3.5 The Feet

2.4 Conclusions

2.4.1 Conclusions on the Presumed Cataract

2.4.2 Conclusions on the Presumed Skeletal Physiognomy

2.5 Bach's Musical Œuvre

2.6 Appendix: Additional Material on Johann Sebastian Bach

2.6.1 The Nekrolog of Johann Sebastian Bach in Original Language

2.6.2 Extract on Johann Sebastian Bach from Waltherś ""Musicalisches LEXICON oder Musicalische Bibliothec, ... Leipzig, 1732

2.6.3 Extract on Johann Sebastian Bach from ""The Bach Genealogy

2.6.4 Extract from His ́Report Submitted to the City Council of Leipzig in 1895

3: Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Scarlatti's Diseases

3.3 Conclusions

3.4 Scarlatti's Musical Œuvre

6.5.2 Letters from Tárrega

7: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Ravel's Diseases

7.3 Conclusions

7.4 Ravel's Musical Œuvre

8: Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Villa-Lobos's Diseases

8.3 Conclusions

8.4 Villa-Lobos's Musical Œuvre

9: Epilogue

9.1 How the Famous Composers Are Related to Each Other

9.2 Famous Composers and Their Famous Colleagues

9.2.1 The Famous Composers Featured in this Book Juxtaposed with Their Famous Colleagues Living at the Same Time

Notes:

References -- 4: Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Paganini's Diseases -- 4.2.1 Syphilis and Tuberculosis -- 4.2.2 Marfan's Syndrome -- 4.3 Conclusions -- 4.4 Paganini's Musical Œuvre -- References -- 5: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Schumann's Diseases -- 5.3 Conclusions -- 5.4 Schumann's Musical Œuvre -- References -- 6: Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Tárrega's Diseases -- 6.3 Conclusions -- 6.4 Tárrega's Musical Œuvre -- 6.5 Appendix: Additional Material on Francisco Tárrega -- 6.5.1 Texts About Tárrega

9.2.2 Johann Sebastian Bach's "Coincidences"

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 28, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Otte, Andreas Famous Composers - Diseases Reloaded

ISBN:

9783031066719

3031066715

OCLC:

1344540229

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