Diagnosing genius

Description:

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.

subjects: Death and burial,  Health,  Genius and mental illness,  Composers,  Biography,  Famous Persons,  Case Reports,  Creativeness,  Disease,  History, 19th Century,  Intelligence,  Music,  Santé,  Mort et sépulture,  Génie et maladies mentales,  Beethoven, ludwig van, 1770-1827,  Creativity

People: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)