TY  - BOOK
N2  - Beethoven's extraordinary ability to compose great music despite severe health problems, including deafness and depression, has puzzled and inspired. The author looks at the relationship between Beethoven's health and creativity to show how the composer was able to transcend physical and emotional torment to produce some of the most powerful and beautiful music in Western culture.
AB  - Beethoven's extraordinary ability to compose great music despite severe health problems, including deafness and depression, has puzzled and inspired. The author looks at the relationship between Beethoven's health and creativity to show how the composer was able to transcend physical and emotional torment to produce some of the most powerful and beautiful music in Western culture.
T1  - Diagnosing genius :the life and death of Beethoven /
DA  - c2007.
CY  - Montreal :
AU  - Mai, François Martin.
CN  - ML410.B4
CN  - ML410.B4
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press,
PP  - Montreal :
PY  - c2007.
N1  - Foreword by Anton Kuerti.
ID  - 322015
KW  - Composers
KW  - Genius and mental illness.
SN  - 9780773531901 (alk. paper)
SN  - 0773531904 (alk. paper)
TI  - Diagnosing genius :the life and death of Beethoven /
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0716/2007408801.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0716/2007408801.html
ER  -