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Author Mai, François Martin.

Title Diagnosing genius : the life and death of Beethoven / François Martin Mai.

Publication Info. Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2007]
Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010.
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (1 online resource (xviii, 270 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits))
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Foreword by Anton Kuerti.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Health.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Health.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Death and burial.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Genius and mental illness.
Genius and mental illness.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Mai, François Martin. Diagnosing genius. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007 9780773531901 (DLC) 2007408801 (OCoLC)72261645
ISBN 9780773576063 (electronic book)
0773576061 (electronic book)
1282866532
9781282866539
0773531904