Overview
- Presents the latest research findings on the pathophysiology of famous composers
- Reconstructs the diseases and deaths of Bach, Paganini, Ravel and others
- Written by a physician and musician who researches in this field for many years
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The life and death, but also the creative work of famous musicians is closely linked to their personal medical histories. In "Famous Composers – Diseases Reloaded" these case histories are vividly reconstructed on the basis of authentic biographical testimonies and closely linked to the personalities of the musicians. The latest research findings on the pathophysiology of these composers will be woven into the overall picture. Was Paganini's "devilishness" caused by a hereditary disease? Did Scarlatti have strange signs of illness on his fingers? What did Bach really die of? How did "Christel" from a dubious milieu change Schumann's entire life? What aggravated Ravel's underlying illness so that he did not complete a single composition in the last five years before his death? How did Tárrega manage to play the guitar again after his stroke with hemiplegia? Did the Brazilian Villa-Lobos' worldwide reputation help him live longer thanks to the best treatment available to him?Andreas Otte, physician and musician, has incorporated the latest medical history research into the composers' pathographies. This book is an exciting and "well-tempered" reading experience not only for physicians, music lovers, musicologists and musicians, but for all readers who want to develop a basic understanding of the pathophysiology and life scores of these great masters under current conditions from today's perspective.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Andreas Otte, MD, is a board-certified specialist in Nuclear Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Division of Medical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering and Computer Science, Offenburg University, Germany. Prof. Otte received his graduate and postgraduate medical education at the University Hospitals Freiburg, Germany, and Basle, Switzerland, and at the Paul Scherrer Research Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. Thereafter he held various leading positions in clinical research with Pfizer in Freiburg, Germany (International Medical Research, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals) and at the University Hospital Freiburg. From 2002 to 2009, he was a Visiting Professor of Nuclear Medicine in the Medical Faculty of the University of Ghent in Belgium. He took up his present position in 2010. Andreas Otte is the author of many peer-reviewed journal articles and the author or editor/co-editor of a number of books, including the Springer trilogyPET and SPECT in Neurology, PET and SPECT in Psychiatry, and PET and SPECT of Neurobiological Systems or the monograph Functional Neuroimaging in Whiplash Injury. His research focus is on neurosciences including functional neuroimaging, brain-machine interfaces, and intelligent neuroprosthetics. He is member of the Offenburg University research institutes Campus Research & Transfer and the Peter Osypka Institute of Medical Engineering. Awarded a series of international scientific prizes, he was nominated Editor of the Board of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine (1998–2003), the Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine (since 2003), Archiv für Kriminologie [Archives of Criminology] (since 2020), and Prosthesis (since 2020).
In addition, Andreas Otte is also a guitarist and winner of various music and composition competitions as well as a former student of Professor Andreas Higi (University of Music Trossingen). He published a series of musicological essays, books on medical history, and the famous 6th edition of "Kerners Krankheiten großer Musiker." The Joachim Trekel Music Publishing House Hamburg has released some of his works composed for guitar solo, guitar with various instruments as well as for guitar and orchestra.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Famous Composers – Diseases Reloaded
Authors: Andreas Otte
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06671-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06670-2Published: 14 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06673-3Published: 15 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-06671-9Published: 13 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 175
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Forensic Medicine, Music