Music & Medicine, a three-volume series, describes the interplay between inspiration and illness in the lives of the great composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Volume 1 covers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Volume 2 includes Hummel, Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Bruckner. Volume 3 includes Chopin, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler.
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"An extremely well-done translation from the original Germancombining excerpts from biographical writings, personal letters and diaries.Written from the perspective of today's medical knowledge, Neumayr is able to more accurately assess medical problems(with) additional emphasis placed on how the composer's health influenced his work.It is spellbinding reading." -- Gail Berenson, Journal of the American Music Teacher
"It is difficult to favor any chapter as each brings a wealth of medical and musical history.The greatest value of Neumayr's book is that it involves the reader emotionally in the lives of creative human beings, who were also great composers. He accomplishes this with scholarship but especially with humanity, never succumbing to sentimentality." -- Richard J. Bing, M.D., Nature Medicine
"These unique volumes, filled with stimulating information, anecdotes and sometimes far-fetched theories, will enthrall any musically oriented biomedical researcher" -- Robert M. Genta, Helicobacter
"It is difficult to favor any chapter as each brings a wealth of medical and musical history.The greatest value of Neumayr's book is that it involves the reader emotionally in the lives of creative human beings, who were also great composers. He accomplishes this with scholarship but especially with humanity, never succumbing to sentimentality." -- Richard J. Bing, M.D., Nature Medicine
"These unique volumes, filled with stimulating information, anecdotes and sometimes far-fetched theories, will enthrall any musically oriented biomedical researcher" -- Robert M. Genta, Helicobacter
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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A thought-provoking look at the composers' lives and health.,
By Yvonne Caruthers (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Music & Medicine: : Haydn, Mozart (Hardcover)
Anyone with an interest in classical music will find this book fascinating, especially if you've heard stories about Beethoven's deafness, and Schubert's syphilis, stories that have been repeated so often they are taken for fact. Dr. Neumayr read copious letters and notes about the 4 composers, and came to his own conclusions about their medical histories, giving us background as to what medical practices were at the time, and what would have been standard treatments and understandings of health. Even if you're horrified by what you read (Beethoven being punctured to relieve his abdominal swelling due to fluid retention) you'll come away with renewed compassion for not just the composers, but all people who lived and died in the 18-19th centuries. You'll love the music of these masters even more when you find out what their lives were really like!
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Music & Medicine: Vol.1,
By MiguelVASQ "Miguel" (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Music & Medicine: : Haydn, Mozart (Hardcover)
A treasure worth having for any lover of classical music. I have Vol. 2 on order, will arrive in a couple of days. Not only is the overall physical health, final illness analyzed and diagnosed from a wide variety of sources for each composer, but much new repeat new information is provided on the composers pertaining to their day to day lives, public and private musical activities, etc. A fascinating read and a very worthwhile addition to your library !
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inflammatory catarrh, von vering, uremic coma, petrosal bones, alla testa, hundred gulden, acute rheumatic fever, thousand gulden, musica humana, feverish delirium, piano trio, chronic kidney disease, conversation books, hearing defect, total immobility Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Joseph Haydn, Sophie Haibel, Ludwig van Beethoven, The Magic Flute, Franz Schubert, General Hospital, The Seasons, Prince Nikolaus, Anton Schindler, Archduke Rudolph, Wolfgang Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Gerhard von Breuning, Michael Puchberg, New Year, University of Vienna, Empress Maria Theresa, Guldener von Lobes, Maximilian Stoll, Stephan von Breuning, Emperor Joseph, Ninth Symphony, Stephen's Cathedral, Emperor Leopold, Franz von Schober New!
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- The Magic Flute (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 18 pages
- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 5 pages
- Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 (Complete) (A Belwin Classic Edition) by Ludwig van Beethoven on page 244, and page 248
- Bastien and Bastienne: Vocal Score by Hamilton Benz on page 118, and page 340
- Mozart and Salieri: The Little Tragedies by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin on page 177, and page 180
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- The Essential Canon of Classical Music by David Dubal in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Essential Canon of Classical Music by David Dubal in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Guide to Research with an Introduction to Research Concerning Fanny Hensel (Routledge Music Bibliographies) by John Michael Cooper on page 30
- The Life of Schubert (Musical Lives) by Christopher H. Gibbs in Back Matter
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