‘Only 6 composers had syphilis’

‘Only 6 composers had syphilis’

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norman lebrecht

May 15, 2018

A British surgeon has reviewed the post-mortem evidence on great composers and finds that many have been wilfully maligned by their biographers.

“The list of composers who had syphilis is short,’ says Jonathan Noble, in a promotion for a forthcoming book. ‘The list of composers said to have had syphilis is enormous.’

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