Professional paper

Diseases and Destinies of Famous Composers Why should one even write about composers’ diseases?

Darko Breitenfeld ; Croatian Physicians’ Music Society – Croatian Medical Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Breitenfeld ; Dptm of Neurology University Hospital »Sestre Milosrdnice«, Zagreb, Croatia
Danijel Buljan ; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center »Sestre milosrdnice«, Zagreb, Croatia
Lana Škrgatić ; Croatian Physicians’ Music Society – Croatian Medical Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Vuksanović ; Neuropsychiatric Hospital »Ivan Barbot«, Popova~a, Croatia
Marija Živković ; Croatian Physicians’ Music Society – Croatian Medical Association, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Why should one even write
about composers’ diseases? That question
is no longer an issue because in the last 50
to 100 years, this very topic has given us a
whole new insight into famous composers’
creative lives. Grieg, as well as many others,
concurred. The very goal of biopathographies
is to investigate the lives and creativity
of famous composers from the psychological
as well as from medical point of view.
We attempted to list and interpret the data
we found accurately, and categorize them
using a simple everyday vocabulary in the
book Diseases and Destinies of Famous
Composers.1

Keywords

composers; diseases; pathographies

Hrčak ID:

136546

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/136546

Publication date:

1.7.2013.

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