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Catastrophes for composers- which turned out fortunate for us, and which were real tragedies?
I was just thinking about Schumann and how he destroyed the tendons in his hands. As much as I feel bad for him, it did push him full-time into composition; for us, at least, it was fortunate…
Beethoven came to terms with his deafness, but I can hardly think of a worse fate for a composer than what happened to Smetana. He went deaf *and* got tinnitus- he constantly had the same high note playing in his head, day in day out. It’s hard to think of any way that isn’t a curse! Though in the last movement of Ma Vlast, the violin E that keeps showing up is supposed to represent the tinnitus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smetana
What composer “tragedies” can you think of, and did any of them turn out to be blessings in disguise? 
Mussorsky.
My music teacher at middle school (in USA, this would be equivalent to 5th or 6th grade, 9-13 year old) used to tell us stories of the classical composers, and the story of the ‘big five’, particularly Mussorsky always stuck in my mind.
Here it is, as it was told to me:
He was taught piano from his mother at a young age, and although he showed skill, he was a lazy student.
As he got older, he joined the army and at the age of 21, someone gave him a bottle of Vodka for his birthday.
This lead to his downfall, as he became an alcoholic and eventually, after years of alcoholism, died in extreme poverty, after been neglected by friends, family and work collegues.
He never married, moreover, he never had a girlfriend and died at a young age.
This picture portrait was drawn a few week before his death and shows in his face, the effects of alcoholism:
http://01varvara.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ilya-repin-portrait-of-the-composer-modest-mussorgsky-1881.jpg
His music was, after a few decades, orchestrated by Ravel.
My details may be wrong, as this story was told to me back in 1983 and i have not looked into the matter since, but it certainly was a tragic life story.
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