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Diagnosing genius : the life and death of Beethoven / François Martin Mai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007 2010)Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773576063
  • 0773576061
  • 1282866532
  • 9781282866539
  • 9786612866531
  • 6612866535
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Diagnosing genius.DDC classification:
  • 780/.92
LOC classification:
  • ML410.B4 M217 2007eb
NLM classification:
  • WZ 313
Online resources:
Contents:
The Setting -- Beethoven's life -- Beethoven's health problems -- The Interpretation -- Illness and creativity -- Appendices. Glossary of medical terms ; Beethoven's medical history ; Criteria for alcohol dependence and abuse ; Dr. Andreas Wawruch's medical report.
Summary: Beethoven's extraordinary ability to compose great music despite severe health problems, including deafness and depression, has puzzled and inspired. In Diagnosing Genius François Martin Mai looks at the relationship between Beethoven's health and creativity to show how the composer was able to transcend physical and emotional torment to produce some of the most powerful and beautiful music in Western culture.
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Foreword by Anton Kuerti.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Setting -- Beethoven's life -- Beethoven's health problems -- The Interpretation -- Illness and creativity -- Appendices. Glossary of medical terms ; Beethoven's medical history ; Criteria for alcohol dependence and abuse ; Dr. Andreas Wawruch's medical report.

Beethoven's extraordinary ability to compose great music despite severe health problems, including deafness and depression, has puzzled and inspired. In Diagnosing Genius François Martin Mai looks at the relationship between Beethoven's health and creativity to show how the composer was able to transcend physical and emotional torment to produce some of the most powerful and beautiful music in Western culture.

Print version record.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 651

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