Berezutsky V I, Berezutskaya M S
Dnepropetrovsk Medical Academy, Dnepr, Ukraine.
Dnepropetrovsk Academy of Music, Dnepr, Ukraine.
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2020;120(2):66-75. doi: 10.17116/jnevro202012002166.
The article is devoted to the study of the circumstances of life, illness and creativity of the famous composer Modest Mussorgsky in aspects of possible influence of alcohol intake. For the purpose of retrospective diagnosis of alcohol dependence, and also for assessing the possibility of its impact on the composer's creativity, a pathographic analysis of publications about Modest Mussorgsky health throughout his life was carried out. A study of the letters of M.P. Mussorgsky, the memoirs of his contemporaries, the works of the composer's biographers, as well as the analytical studies of specialists in retrospective diagnostics showed that alcohol dependence negatively affected his creative activity. However, despite the progressive, clearly malignant course of alcohol dependence, the composer's professional skills evolved until the last days of his life. It is no less significant that in the most unfavorable periods of life, the composer wrote his most significant works. Often, Mussorgsky's music in its positive emotional content contrasts sharply with the grim realities of his life. There is no doubt that the composer's work was his only effective means of combating both alcohol addiction and life's hardships.
本文致力于研究著名作曲家莫杰斯特·穆索尔斯基的生活、疾病及创作情况，探讨饮酒可能产生的影响。为进行酒精依赖的回顾性诊断，并评估其对作曲家创造力的影响可能性，对有关莫杰斯特·穆索尔斯基一生健康状况的出版物进行了病理分析。对穆索尔斯基的信件、其同时代人的回忆录、作曲家传记作者的作品以及回顾性诊断专家的分析研究表明，酒精依赖对他的创作活动产生了负面影响。然而，尽管酒精依赖呈渐进性且明显恶化，但作曲家的专业技能在其生命的最后时光仍在不断发展。同样重要的是，在生活最不利的时期，作曲家创作了他最重要的作品。穆索尔斯基的音乐在积极情感内容方面常常与他生活的严峻现实形成鲜明对比。毫无疑问，作曲家的作品是他对抗酒瘾和生活艰辛的唯一有效方式。
