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The Medical Side Of Some Classical Composers
This author is a medical doctor with an interest in classical music, especially the medical histories of composers. These biographies include medical histories of the men covered. They are not exhaustive biographies to be sure, but it was interesting to read about physical (and mental) ailments suffered by them. Some of the diagnoses are...
Published on January 14, 2006 by Alan Beggerow
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Didn't have as much to offer as I thought
I looked forward to solid information in this book that wouldn't easily be found elsewhere, but the writer repeats some of the points he's already made rather than going further into the lives of these composers. In general, the information is less substantive than I thought I might find.
Published on April 30, 2002
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Didn't have as much to offer as I thought,
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This review is from: Music and Medicine: Chopin, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Mahler : Notes on Their Lives, Works, and Medical Histories (Hardcover)
I looked forward to solid information in this book that wouldn't easily be found elsewhere, but the writer repeats some of the points he's already made rather than going further into the lives of these composers. In general, the information is less substantive than I thought I might find.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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The Medical Side Of Some Classical Composers,
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This review is from: Music and Medicine: Chopin, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Mahler : Notes on Their Lives, Works, and Medical Histories (Hardcover)
This author is a medical doctor with an interest in classical music, especially the medical histories of composers.
These biographies include medical histories of the men covered. They are not exhaustive biographies to be sure, but it was interesting to read about physical (and mental) ailments suffered by them. Some of the diagnoses are conjecture, as the medical records of the composers had to be ascertained through different sources. There were no medical records as we know them today. But the author does debate different possibilities within the framework of the available information. An interesting view of some famous artist's lives. I recommend the other books in the series, plus the author's book on Dictators in the same vein. |
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Music and Medicine: Chopin, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Mahler : Notes on Their Lives, Works, and Medical Histories by Anton Neumayr (Hardcover - Jan. 1997)
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