Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian:
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Volume 216, 2015, Pages 149–165
Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical Connections and Perspectives
Chapter 7 – Stroke, music, and creative output: Alfred Schnittke and other composers
Abstract
Alfred
Schnittke (1934–1998), a celebrated Russian composer of the twentieth
century, suffered from several strokes which affected his left cerebral
hemisphere. The disease, however, did not diminish his musical talent.
Moreover, he stated that his illness in a way facilitated his work. The
composer showed amazingly high productivity after his first and second
injuries of the central nervous system. The main topic of this chapter
is the effect of strokes on Schnittke's output, creativity, and style of
music. A brief biography of the composer with the chronology of his
brain hemorrhages is included. In addition, the influence of
cerebrovascular lesions on creative potential of other prominent
composers such as Benjamin Britten, Jean Langlais, Vissarion Shebalin,
Igor Stravinsky, and Ira Randall Thompson is discussed.
Keywords
- stroke;
- brain;
- lesion;
- recovery;
- music;
- creativity
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