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Thursday 24 September 2015

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: About this sound Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич (help·info), tr. Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich 25 September[1] 1906 – 9 August 1975)


Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: About this sound Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич , tr. Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich, pronounced [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈdmʲitrʲɪɪvʲɪtɕ ʂəstɐˈkovʲɪtɕ]; 25 September[1] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist, and a prominent figure of 20th-century musi

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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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