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Karenberg, Axel (2015). Frederic Chopin and his neuropsychiatric problems. In: Progress in Brain Research, S. 343 - 355. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISBN 978-0-444-63399-6

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Abstract

Few musicians who suffered from any kind of serious neuropsychiatric problems were able to create works that are still admired today. This new research will show that Frederic Chopin, who reinvented piano music in the first half of the nineteenth century, was one of those few. He died in Paris aged only 39. While the somatic illness that killed him continues to generate speculation, his recurrent depressive mood swings have remained largely unexamined. A few neuropsychiatric publications make a simplistic effort to assign his emotional condition to a modern diagnostic category, e.g., temporal lobe epilepsy. Because it is impossible to prove such hypotheses, these studies are nothing more than erudite speculation. This chapter will instead incorporate the cultural and medical context of the first half of the nineteenth century in order to explore new possibilities for medical biographies of musicians.

Item Type:	Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Karenberg, Axel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-415187
DOI:	10.1016/bs.pbr.2014.11.014
Title of Book:	Progress in Brain Research
Series Name:	Prog. Brain Res.
Volume:	216
Page Range:	S. 343 - 355
Date:	2015
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	0079-6123
ISBN:	978-0-444-63399-6
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CYSTIC-FIBROSIS; ILLNESSES Multiple languages Neurosciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/41518