by G Mackenzie Bacon (flourished c1870)
An anxiety to write is frequently the...
Language: English
An anxiety to write is frequently the sign of an approaching attack. A woman, who has been some time under my care for recurrent mania, always takes to her pen at the onset of an attack. She writes letters, and fills up every corner of the paper. And when finished, they are quite unintelligible, and consist mostly of a repetition of the same sentences.
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Text Authorship:
- by G Mackenzie Bacon (flourished c1870), appears in On the Writings of the Insane, first published 1870 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nico Muhly (b. 1981), "An anxiety to write is frequently the sign of an approaching attack", 2016, first performed 2017 [voice and piano], from Strange Productions, no. 1, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
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