TY - BOOK ID - 101702888 TI - Famous Composers - Diseases Reloaded AU - Otte, Andreas AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2022 SN - 9783031066719 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer DB - UniCat KW - Medical jurisprudence. KW - Composers KW - Medicine KW - History. KW - Health Workforce KW - Forensic medicine KW - Injuries (Law) KW - Jurisprudence, Medical KW - Legal medicine KW - Forensic sciences KW - Medical laws and legislation KW - Music KW - Music. KW - Forensic Medicine. KW - History of Music. KW - Classical Music. KW - History and criticism. KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - Criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101702888 AB - 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 Tárrega 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. ER -