MU 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bodymind

• School: Quinnipiac University
• Department: Music
• Course: MU 250
• Professor: Schuttenhelm, T

Document Summary

Chapter 1: composers with disabilities and the critical reception of their music. Blindness relates to music study because it is not only a disability, but also makes composing and reading music very difficult. Without vision, one cannot see the keys of a piano, or the strings a a guitar, and cannot see where ones hand placement is, making it very difficult to learn how to play. Beethoven was criticized nonstop during his composing era, and many critics preferred other composers works to beethoven"s works. As his disability became more well-known, his works grew in popularity and his works fell into two categories, pre and post blindness. After time, all of his music was deemed some of the best compositions made. (page 26-27: define and discuss the 3 historical phases of madness in the history of disabilities.