Maurice Ravel and right-hemisphere musical creativity: Influence of disease on his last musical works?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-82

  Amaducci, L ^a   Grassi, E ^a   Boller, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CENTRE PAUL BROCA   (France)

Author keywords

Bolero; Concerto for the left hand; Corticobasal degeneration; Maurice Ravel's disease; Non Alzheimer degenerative dementias; Primary progressive aphasia; Ravel's left hemisphere involvement

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CREATIVITY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

APHASIA; FAMOUS PERSONS; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0036393456     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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