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HEALTH & MUSICIANSHIP
Composers Who Suffered From
Infectious and Genetic Diseases
Skyview Middle School Choir
Dr. Jarmon, Director
MIDDLE AGES (500 to 1400 A.D.)
Peire Lunel de Montech was a French soldier and
troubadour.
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The Madrigal is a genre of
Lyric Poetry sung by the
Troubadours.
It was a song written to
address current events from
the perspective of the singer.
The topic of the day was the
Black Death!
The Plague or Black Death
The Black Death is categorized into three specific
types of plague:
1.
bubonic plague
2.
pneumonic plague
3.
septicemic plague
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(infection in the lymph
nodes, or [hence]
buboes),
(the infection in the
lungs), and
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(the infection in the
blood and the most
deadly of the three).
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Scientists and historians at
the beginning of the 20th
century assumed that the
Black Death was an
outbreak of the same
diseases, caused by a
bacterium spread by fleas of
the black rat
Once infected by the
bacteria, it is estimated that
victims would die within
three to seven days.
It killed an estimated 75–
200 million people in the
14th century
BLACK DEATH TIMELINE
1347
1350
Mid-1348
1351
Early 1349
After 1351
Late 1349
Minor outbreak
RENAISSANCE (1420 – 1600)
Claudio Monteverdi was an Italian composer and singer.
He learned about music by being part of the cathedral
choir. He wrote one of the earliest operas. He died of the
Plague in 1643.
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Opera is an art form in which singers
and musicians perform a dramatic work
combining text and musical score.
Opera incorporates many of the
elements of spoken theatre, such as
acting, scenery and costumes and
sometimes includes dance.
BAROQUE ERA (1600 – 1750)
Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678. He was called
the “Red Priest” but is known as the Father of the
Orchestra.
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His health was poor throughout his life
and he suffered from a chronic illness
which has been interpreted either as a
heart condition or a form of Asthma.
Vivaldi is best known for his orchestral
work: “The Seasons”
Asthma
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease that is characterized
by inflammation of the airways with spasms caused by
the inflammation of the muscles surrounding the air
passageways. The inflammation makes the airways
smaller and therefore making it more difficult for air to
move in and out of the lung. Asthma affects more than
17 million Americans
Children 0 to 17 years of age in the United States, in 1980-2007
CLASSICAL ERA
(1750 to 1820)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child Prodigy. Mozart was
just beginning to become financially stable when his illness
brought an end to his life and career at the age of thirty-six.
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Historians believe that he died of acute
Rheumatic Fever; he is known to have
had three or even four attacks of it since his
childhood.
Mozart is best known for his Concertos,
Operas and the famous orchestra work:
“Eine Kleine Nacht Musik”.
Rheumatic Fever
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Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that may develop two to three weeks after strep
throat or scarlet fever). It is believed to be caused by the connection of a molecule to an antibody
and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. and has a tendency to recur, with increasingly
serious consequences each time, such as rampant infection and damage to the heart valves.
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Rheumatic fever is most common in 5 to 15 year-old children, though it can develop in younger
children and adults. Some people may carry a gene or genes that make them more likely to
develop rheumatic fever.
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A greater risk of rheumatic fever is associated with overcrowding, poor sanitation and other
conditions that may easily result in the rapid transmission or multiple exposures to strep bacteria.
ROMANTIC ERA (1820 to 1900)
Frédéric Chopin was known as the Father of Nationalism in
Poland. Chopin's compositions were written primarily for the
piano as solo instrument.
Chopin
suffered from a common
hereditary disease called Cystic
Fibrosis which affects the entire body,
causing progressive disability and often,
early death.
Cystic
Fibrosis is most common in
Whites and Jewish people.
Cystic Fibrosis
Difficulty breathing is the most serious symptom and results
from frequent lung infections that are treated, though not
cured, by antibiotics and other medications
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20TH CENTURY (1900 to Present)
Miles Davis is a popular Jazz musician who was
diagnosed with sickle cell anemia in his early teens.
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By age 16, Davis was a
member of the music society
and working professionally
when not at school.
Widely considered one of the
most influential musicians of
the 20th century, Miles Davis
was, with his musical groups,
at the forefront of several
major developments in Jazz
music.
Although he suffered with
Sickle Cell, Miles Davis died
of a stroke and pneumonia.
Sickle Cell Anemia
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Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood
cells. The disease originated in at least 4 places in Africa and in the
Indian/Saudi Arabian subcontinent. It exists in all countries of Africa
and in areas where Africans have migrated.
Sometimes these red blood cells become sickle-shaped (crescent
shaped) and have difficulty passing through small blood vessels.
There is currently no universal cure for sickle cell disease. In the
United States, it is more common among African Americans but is also
common in other racial / ethnic groups
In the United States, about 1 in 500 black births have sickle-cell
anemia.
MUSIC VOCABULARY
 Troubadour
 Madrigal
 Lyric
Poetry
 Symphony
 Prodigy
 Concerto
 Aria
 Nationalism
 Motet
 Art
 Orchestra
Song
 Jazz
DISEASE VOCABULARY
 Plague
or Black Death
 Asthma
 Rheumatic
Fever
 Cystic Fibrosis*
 Sickle Cell Anemia*
*Indicates genetic disease