ROBERT SCHUMANN: THE DESCENT INTO MADNESS

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Robert Schumann: The Descent into Madness – Ioan Florin Diaconu, Bogdan C.S. Pîrvu

Was Robert Schumann’s genius inseparable from his suffering? This original study brings together music and psychiatry to trace the life of one of Romanticism’s greatest composers, from a cherished childhood to his tragic final years.

Written by a concert pianist and a psychiatrist, the book examines the Schumann family background, including the influence of a devoted father and a treasured mother, before following the progression of the composer’s illness. It explores his anxiety and distress, from illness-related fears to obsessive-compulsive, dissociative and panic symptoms. It then looks at the role of intoxication, both elevating and self-medicating, and finally at the creative (hypo-)mania, prodromal psychosis and suicidal depression that marked his decline.

Clear, rigorous and richly documented, the volume ends with a synopsis and an extensive list of references. It offers a fresh interdisciplinary perspective on the link between creativity and mental illness.

Recommended for musicians, musicologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, students and all readers fascinated by classical music and the human mind.

Order your copy from the publisher’s website and discover the man behind the music.

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Autori: Ioan Florin DIACONU, Bogdan C.S.Pîrvu

Copyright © LUMEN 2024 – Colecția: AETIOLOGIA
FORMAT: Tipărit PAGINI: 145 LIMBA: Engleză
ISBN: 978-973-166-637-2

Robert Schumann is “still in the building!” His ground-breaking music is resounding, his agonizing illness is in progress. Hundreds of letters, dozens of archive files and a handful of memoirs help build the Zeitgeist against and within which the personal turmoil rises to hauntingly gigantic heights. It’s an astonishing feat, highly accomplished by all means – with Conductor Diaconu directing the orchestra and Dr. Pîrvu in charge of the autopsy-room. (Sanda-Maria Ardeleanu)

Robert Schumann: The Descent into Madness – Ioan Florin Diaconu, Bogdan C.S. Pîrvu

Was Robert Schumann’s genius inseparable from his suffering? This original study brings together music and psychiatry to trace the life of one of Romanticism’s greatest composers, from a cherished childhood to his tragic final years.

Written by a concert pianist and a psychiatrist, the book examines the Schumann family background, including the influence of a devoted father and a treasured mother, before following the progression of the composer’s illness. It explores his anxiety and distress, from illness-related fears to obsessive-compulsive, dissociative and panic symptoms. It then looks at the role of intoxication, both elevating and self-medicating, and finally at the creative (hypo-)mania, prodromal psychosis and suicidal depression that marked his decline.

Clear, rigorous and richly documented, the volume ends with a synopsis and an extensive list of references. It offers a fresh interdisciplinary perspective on the link between creativity and mental illness.

Recommended for musicians, musicologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, students and all readers fascinated by classical music and the human mind.

Order your copy from the publisher’s website and discover the man behind the music.

CUPRINS  | TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Argument (Sanda-Maria Ardeleanu) 7
The Schumann family, good 9
The father, good and honoured9
The mother, good and treasured12
Anxiety and distress, progressive 21
Illness-related anxiety21
Illness anxiety24
Distress amounting to OCD26
Distress amounting to DID38
Distress amounting to PD46
Intoxication, liaison 57
Intoxication, elevating57
Intoxication, self-medicating62
Psychosis, involutional 71
(Hypo-)Mania, creative71
Psychosis, prodromal102
Depression, suicidal111
Synopsis 131
References 133
About the authors 145

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Ioan Florin Diaconu, PhD. George Enescu National University of Arts, Piano. RJAC board. Two post-graduate courses, five conferences and 92 piano performances. (Co-)authored eight books, 34 scientific articles and 11 dictionary entries.

Bogdan C.S. Pîrvu, MD, PhD. Mavromati Emergency Hospital, Psychiatry. RJAC executive editor. Two MD’s, two MA’s, seven one-year postgraduate courses and 103 conferences. (Co-)authored 22 books, 123 scientific articles and 76 dictionary entries.

SERIES EDITOR:

Sanda-Maria Ardeleanu, PhD, DHC. Founder of MA courses, scientific journals and book series. Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Légion d’honneur

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