Title That jealous demon, my wretched health : disease, death and composers / Jonathan Noble ; foreword by Petroc Trelawny.

Publication Info.	Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2018.
	©2018

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	ML390 .N635 2018	Available

Description	xvii, 492 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-464) and index.
Contents	The frailty of youth -- A triumphant old age -- Iatrogenic afflictions -- Syphilis -- Alcoholism -- Troubled minds: mental illness and suicide -- Nerves beyond the edge: other afflictions of the nervous system -- Broken hearts -- Breathless: respiratory diseases -- Cancer -- The ultimate blow: deadness.
Summary	Despite much triumph in adversity, illness fuelling composition is a misconception.
Subject	Composers -- Death.
	Composers.
	Death.
	Composers -- Diseases.
	Composers -- Diseases.
	Composers -- Health and hygiene.
	Composers -- Health and hygiene.
Added Author	Trelawny, Petroc, writer of foreword.
Other Form:	Electronic version: Noble, Jonathan. That jealous demon, my wretched health. Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2018 9781787442283 (OCoLC)1040032136
ISBN	1783272589 (hardcover)
	9781783272587 (hardcover)
	1787442284 electronic book
	9781787442283 electronic book