Music & Medicine, a three-volume series, describes the interplay between inspiration and illness in the lives of the great composers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Volume 1 covers Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Volume 2 includes Hummel, Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Bruckner. Volume 3 includes Chopin, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, and Mahler. "An extremely well-done translation from the original Germancombining excerpts from biographical writings, personal letters and diaries.Written from the perspective of today's medical knowledge, Neumayr is able to more accurately assess medical problems(with) additional emphasis placed on how the composer's health influenced his work.It is spellbinding reading." -- Gail Berenson, Journal of the American Music Teacher "It is difficult to favor any chapter as each brings a wealth of medical and musical history.The greatest value of Neumayr's book is that it involves the reader emotionally in the lives of creative human beings, who were also great composers. He accomplishes this with scholarship but especially with humanity, never succumbing to sentimentality." -- Richard J. Bing, M.D., Nature Medicine "These unique volumes, filled with stimulating information, anecdotes and sometimes far-fetched theories, will enthrall any musically oriented biomedical researcher" -- Robert M. Genta, Helicobacter Anton Neumayr, a graduate of the renowned Salzburg Conservatory of Music, the Mozarteum, and a professor and doctor of internal medicine of international reputation, has used his unique combination of credentials and talents to prepare this work of exceptional authority, written in a way that makes it accessible to every lover of classical music. The Music & Medicine series is solidly founded on Dr. Neumayr's extensive knowledge of medical practices, present and historical, and on his knowledge and experience as a concert pianist and music historian. As an Austrian physician living and practicing in Vienna, Dr. Neumayr is intimately familiar with the Vienna schools of medicine of the past two centuries; the German language of most of the relevant source documents is his own. He has sought to provide an objective review of the diseases and deaths of the great composers. In the course of his investigations, Dr. Neumayr touches on many of the misconceptions and faulty diagnoses put forth over the years. END Used Book in Good Condition