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Type
Hardcover
ISBN
9781783272587
UPC
9781783272587
Publication Year
2018
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
That Jealous Demon, My Wretched Health: Disease, Death and Composers
Item Height
234mm
Author
Jonathan Noble
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Topic
Music
Item Width
156mm
Number of Pages
526 Pages

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The health - and especially deaths - of composers excite controversy. Was Mozart really poisoned? Did Tchaikovsky commit suicide? How did Beethoven lose his hearing? Much good previous scholarship has been sullied by unsubstantiated views, and many composers' reputations have been unfairly tarnished by scandalous commentary, often involving alcoholism or syphilis. This book, by a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, charts the disturbed physical and mental health of 70 great composers. It attempts to unpick the evidence forensically and to define the cause of death based on the legal paradigm of a balance of probabilities. The author reviews where the composer was when thefinal illness or death overtook him and considers how many of them would have fared with modern treatment. Chapters are organised thematically, by illness; and numerous misconceptions, such as madness fuelling creativity, are challenged. The book relates the nature of composition to composers' suffering, showcasing much triumph in adversity, and, importantly, rehabilitates reputations. JONATHAN NOBLE is a retired surgeon, who has spent many years researching the illnesses and deaths of composers. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and was President of the British Association of Knee Surgeons as well as the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association. He looked after Test cricketers, Manchester United, and dancers and musicians in the North of England.

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Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN-13
9781783272587
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Book Title
That Jealous Demon, My Wretched Health: Disease, Death and Composers
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2018
Author
Jonathan Noble
Number of Pages
526 Pages

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Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm

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Jonathan Noble
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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