That jealous demon, my wretched health : disease, death and composers / Jonathan Noble ; foreword by Petroc Trelawny.
Material type: TextPublisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2018Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 492 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781787442283 (ebook)
- 780.92/2 23
- ML390 .N73 2018
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The frailty of youth -- A triumphant old age -- Iatrogenic afflictions -- Syphilis -- Alcoholism -- Troubled minds: mental illness and suicide -- Nerves beyond the edge: other afflictions of the nervous system -- Broken hearts -- Breathless: respiratory diseases -- Cancer -- The ultimate blow: deadness.
Despite much triumph in adversity, illness fuelling composition is a misconception.
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