Beethoven in Person: His Deafness, Illnesses and Death (Contributions in Legal Studies) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Beethoven in Person: His Deafness, Illnesses and Death A critical re-evaluation of the causes of Beethoven's many illnesses, especially his deafness. It offers detailed accounts of the treatments applied by his physicians and a comprehensive rendering of the composer's final illness, death and burial.
Full description- Publisher: Greenwood Press
- Published: 30 May 2001
- Format: Hardback 316 pages
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- Categories: Western Classical Music | Classical Music (c 1750 To C 1830) | Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups | Biography: General | Biography: Arts & Entertainment | Popular Culture | History Of Medicine | Health
- ISBN 13: 9780313315879 ISBN 10: 0313315876
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Full description for Beethoven in Person: His Deafness, Illnesses and Death
This critical reevaluation of the causes of many of Beethoven's illnesses offers detailed accounts of the treatments applied by his physicians and a comprehensive rendering of the composer's final illness, death, and burial. Separate chapters discuss the causes of many of Beethoven's illnesses, his autopsy and the exhumations. Following the rediscovery of the original Latin autopsy report in 1970, the author has discovered two faulty translations, which he argues contributed to errors in earlier medical assumptions. New evidence disputes earlier assertions that Beethoven's deafness resulted from syphilis. This fascinating account of Beethoven's ailments should appeal to Beethoven enthusiasts and to both the medical and music communities.
