Classical music and the teeth
Eramo, S.; Di Biase, M.J.; De Carolis, C.
Journal of the History of Dentistry 61(1): 37-45
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1089-6287 PMID: 23691776 Document Number: 669181
Teeth and their pathologies are frequent themes in classical music. The teeth have inspired popular songwriters such as Thomas Crecquillon, Carl Loewe, Amilcare Ponchielli & Christian Sinding; as well as composers whose works are still played all over the world, such as Robert Schumann and Jacques Offenbach. This paper examines several selections in which the inspiring theme is the teeth and the pain they can cause, from the suffering of toothache, to the happier occasion of a baby's first tooth.