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[Bertalan Petho's two studies on a schizophrenic composer's music sheets].

Mária Simon1

  • 1Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem, KK Pszichiatriai és Pszichoterapias Klinika, Pecs, Hungary,

Psychiatria Hungarica : a Magyar Pszichiatriai Tarsasag Tudomanyos Folyoirata
|November 5, 2021
PubMed
Summary

This study explores musical expression in schizophrenia, analyzing a composer-patient’s work during acute and chronic phases. It highlights how music reveals profound self-disturbance and alienation in the schizophrenic experience.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychopathology
  • Musicology
  • Phenomenology

Background:

  • Bertalan Petho's work offers unique insights into schizophrenia through musical analysis.
  • Previous research (1967) identified 'hiatus discursivitatis' in acute schizophrenia's musical expression.
  • This study examines long-term changes in musical pathology over 13 years.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the musical expression of a schizophrenic composer-patient across different illness phases.
  • To demonstrate the utility of musical analysis in the phenomenological study of schizophrenia.
  • To connect Petho's findings with contemporary models of schizophrenia psychopathology.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of musical compositions from acute and chronic phases of schizophrenia.

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  • Longitudinal follow-up (catamnestic study) after 13 years.
  • Phenomenological approach integrating music theory and psychopathology.

    • Main Results:

    • Acute phase: 'hiatus discursivitatis' characterized expression.
    • Chronic phase: Manneristic catatonia dominated clinical features and musical pathology.
    • Musical expression provided insight into self-disturbance and alienation in schizophrenia.

    Conclusions:

    • Petho's approach bridges music and psychopathology uniquely.
    • Musical analysis offers a specific window into the schizophrenic experience.
    • Findings align with modern phenomenological models (ipseity-hyperreflexivity) and theories on reification and alienation.