MITRAL STENOSIS IN THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF GUSTAV MALER OR THE COMPOSERʹS CONTRIBUTION ТО THE DEVELOPMENT OF RHEUMATOLOGY

The article is devoted to the verification of the hypothesis of composer L. Bernstein and doctor Ch. Amentа about the musification by composer Gustav Mahler the auscultatory picture of his heart valve defect in the Symphony No. 9. Рathographic analysis revealed that Gustav Mahler had a mitral stenosis of rheumatic origin and was well acquainted with his sound manifestations in the form of the triple rhythm of the heart. The symphony No. 9 was recognized by Gustav Mahler's musicologists, biographers and psychoanalysts as farewell unanimously, therefore the use of sound manifestations of the disease associated in the composer's consciousness with a close death seems to be quite a logical creative method. The musicological analysis revealed the musical equivalent of the "quail's rhythm" in several fragments of the first part of Gustav Mahler's symphony No. 9. A comparative analysis of the revealed fragments with the two other musical notations of the "quail's rhythm" showed that there are no fundamental differences. The musical notation of Gustav Mahler really reflects the classic auscultatory picture of mitral stenosis.