TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mai,François Martin
TI  - Diagnosing genius: the life and death of Beethoven 
SN  - 9780773576063
AV  - ML410.B4 M217 2007eb
U1  - 780/.92 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Montreal [Que.]
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Beethoven, Ludwig van,
KW  - Genius and mental illness
KW  - Celebrities
KW  - Creative ability
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Intellect
KW  - Music
KW  - Famous Persons
KW  - Creativity
KW  - Disease
KW  - History, 19th Century
KW  - Intelligence
KW  - Génie et maladies mentales
KW  - Célébrités
KW  - Créativité
KW  - Maladies
KW  - Médecine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Musique
KW  - creativity
KW  - aat
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Composers & Musicians
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MUSIC
KW  - Individual Composer & Musician
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Health
KW  - Europe
KW  - Biography
KW  - Case Reports
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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