Stroke, music, and creative output: Alfred Schnittke and other composers

Yuri Zagvazdin

doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2014.11.006

Stroke, music, and creative output: Alfred Schnittke and other composers

Yuri Zagvazdin

Nova Southeastern University

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical Connections and Perspectives
Editors	Eckart Altenmuller, Stanley Finger, Francois Boller
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
Chapter	7
Pages	149-165
Number of pages	17
Volume	216
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-444-63399-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2014.11.006
State	Published - 2015

Publication series

Name	Progress in Brain Research
Volume	216
ISSN (Print)	0079-6123
ISSN (Electronic)	1875-7855

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© 2015 Elsevier B.V.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Neuroscience

Keywords

Brain
Creativity
Lesion
Music
Recovery
Stroke

Disciplines

Neuroscience and Neurobiology

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Stroke, music, and creative output: Alfred Schnittke and other composers. / Zagvazdin, Yuri.
Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical Connections and Perspectives. ed. / Eckart Altenmuller; Stanley Finger; Francois Boller. Vol. 216 Elsevier B.V., 2015. p. 149-165 (Progress in Brain Research; Vol. 216).

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