| Uniform title | Musik und Medizin. English |
| Contents |
Volume 1. Music and medicine: reflections on the historical relationship -- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). The early years ; Haydn on the way to success ; Haydn goes to London ; Once again in Eisenstadt ; A time of trial and tribulation ; 1803: an end to composing's delights ; Rumors of Haydn's death ; 31 May 1809: Haydn's death ; Haydn's burial: the aftermath ; Haydn's doctor -- Wolfgang Amade Mozart (1756-1791). Mozart's early years ; The first emotional conflicts ; The final break with Salzburg ; Another parting: the death of his father ; 1791: the fatal year ; The last weeks ; The fatal illness ; Mozart's medical history: an analysis ; The funeral and burial ; Mozart's doctors -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Beethoven's ancestry ; Childhood and adolescence ; The first signs of illness ; Years of crisis: 1802 and 1812 ; His nephew Karl ; A low point in Beethoven's health ; New symptoms appear ; Liver disease: the first signs ; Beethoven's last days ; The autopsy and the disinterments ; Beethoven's deafness ; Beethoven's abdominal troubles ; Beethoven's liver disease ; Beethoven's doctors -- Franz Schubert (1797-1828). At home and in the boarding school ; Free at last ; An ominous disease ; "Carefree as a cloud and healthy" ; The mortal illness ; Schubert's death: some final medical considerations ; Schubert's doctors. |
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Volume 2. Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837). The early childhood years ; In Eisenstadt at Prince Esterhazy's court ; On the way to Weimar (via Vienna and Stuttgart) ; Master of the piano and Hofkapellmeister ; The fatal illness: first signs, last rites ; Hummel's death: the diagnosis from today's perspective ; A final appreciation ; Hummel's doctors -- Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). A restless, roving childhood ; In the service of the Duke of Wurttemberg ; His chronic disease: first symptoms ; 1813: music director of the opera in Prague ; 1817: Dresden, birthplace of Der Freischutz ; His chronic disease: symptoms grow stronger ; 1826: to England, not to return ; Reflections on Weber's medical history ; The characteristic course of untreated pulmonary tuberculosis ; Weber's doctor -- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847). Years of youth and art and music ; The budding composer ; First encounters with England and Scotland ; The grad tour ; Growing reception as composer and artist ; 1835: Leipzig ; Problems with health start to emerge ; 14 May 1847: his sister Fanny dies ; 4 November 1847: her brother Felix dies ; A medical diagnosis ; Mendelssohn's doctors -- Robert Schumann (1810-1856). Schumann's family background ; The early and adolescent years ; The university years ; The "Crippling" of his right hand ; 1833: the year of depression ; From September 1840 on: the early years of marriage ; 1844: the move to Dresden ; Dusseldorf, city of fate ; Suicide attempt: the leap from the bridge ; And the last years in an asylum ; Schumann's medical history: an analysis ; The autopsy report ; Diagnostic considerations ; The diagnosis as I see it ; Schumann's doctors -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Brahms' family background ; Young and in love - with another man's wife ; From Detmold to Hamburg to Vienna ; Brahms and Theodor Billroth ; The contented Vienna years ; "Ordinary, everyday jaundice?" and death ; The medical diagnosis ; Brahms' doctors -- Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). The formative years ; Choirboy at the St. Florian monastery ; Toilsome years: as "Helper" and teacher ; Caught between teaching and music ; 1855-1868: cathedral organist in Linz ; 1867: an attack of deep depression ; Bruckner in Vienna: successes and setbacks ; The first signs of heart trouble ; Bruckner: a medical diagnosis ; Bruckner's doctors. |
| Abstract |
These books describe the interplay between inspiration and illness in the lives of the great composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| General note | Translation of: Musik und Medizin. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 94021413 |
| ISBN | 0936741058 (v. 1) |
