Famous Composers – Diseases Reloaded

Contents

• 1 Introductory to the Topic
• 1.1 The Fascination about Diseases of Famous Composers
• 1.2 The Difficulties of Retrodiagnoses
• 1.2.1 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Possibilities
• 1.2.2 Interpretation of Symptoms
• 1.2.3 Absence of Suspected Diagnosis
• 1.2.4 Later Appearance of Information about Diseases
• 1.2.5 Present-day Methods
• 1.2.6 Retrodiagnosis as Retrospective Diagnosis
• 1.2.7 Source Data
• 1.3 The Change of Diseases over Time
• 2 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Bachs Diseases
• 2.3 Conclusions
• 3 Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Scarlattis Diseases
• 3.3 Conclusions
• 4 Nicolo Paganini (1782 - 1840)
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Paganinis Diseases
• 4.3 Conclusions
• 5 Robert Schumann (1810 - 11856)
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Schumanns Diseases
• 5.3 Conclusions
• 6 Francisco Tarrega (1852 - 1909)
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Tarregas Diseases
• 5.3 Conclusions
• 7 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Ravels Diseases
• 6.3 Conclusions
• 8 Heitor Villa-Lobos (1889 - 1959)
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Villa-Lobos Diseases
• 6.3 Conclusions
• Appendix
• A.1 The Nekrolog of Johann Sebastian Bach in Original Language
• A.2 Extract on Johann Sebastian Bach from "Musicalische LEXICON Oder Musicalische Bibliothek, .... Von Johann Gottfried Walthern, ... Leipzig, 1732", translated into English by Walter Emery (Emery, 1942)
• A.3 Extract on Johann Sebastian Bach from "The Bach Genealogy", translated into English by Walter Emery (Emery, 1942)