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Robert Winston's Musical Analysis

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Exploring the relationship between the music and the medical conditions of composers

Series in which Professor Robert Winston explores the relationship between the music and the medical conditions of composers who suffered mental and physical illness

Robert Winston's Musical Analysis: Series 3

Robert Winston's Musical Analysis: Series 3: Episode 4: Mozart

Episode 4

Episode 4: Mozart

Series 3

Mozart

BBC Radio 4 - Robert Winston's Musical Analysis, Series 3, Mozart

Prof Winston sifts through the morass of information and speculation about Mozart's health

Mozart's health has fascinated observers for over 200 years. Prof Winston sifts through the morass of information and speculation to discover what Mozart's health really reveals.

Professor Robert Winston brings a scientist's ear to his passion for music, exploring the medical histories of great composers and how illness affected the music they wrote.

Mozart's health has fascinated observers for over two hundred years. The documents have examined to reveal every available medical detail. Any mention of a cough or an ache has been minutely analysed for evidence about the diseases he suffered and the mystery illness that killed him at the tender age of 35. But is this intense scrutiny is obscuring our picture of Mozart? Over 160 different causes of death, alone, have now been suggested. Professor Winston sifts through the morass of information and speculation to discover what Mozart's health can really tell us about the man and his music.

Producer: Chris Taylor.

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