Classical Composers Health Championship! ~ Those who lived healthy with music

Classical composers are often associated with the three key elements of inactivity, alcoholism, and poor health, but there are also composers who led surprisingly healthy lives. We will introduce them in the "Ranking of Healthy Composers," who lived long lives and were graceful not only in their music but also in their lifestyles!

Who were the "healthiest composers"? We present the ranking of the healthiest composers, along with their health points!

No. 7: Leopold Mozart (1719-1787)

Health point: balanced life despite the stresses of raising children.

He eats a healthy diet and is not obese.
Travels all over Europe without getting sick and has excellent physical fitness.
Maintains good health despite the stress of raising a child (Mozart).
The greatest health risk was "the stress of educating his son Mozart," but he overcame it and lived a long life. As a parent, she is one of the best in health management.

✔ Health management skills: ★★★★
✔ Stress tolerance to manage son's talent: ★★★★★

No. 6: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Health point: "sober and solid life" protected his health!

Joseph Haydn's diet was simple and frugal.
He woke up regularly, composed music, and took moderate exercise (walks) every day.
He drank only moderately and was not a heavy drinker.
He has a low level of mental stress, a cheerful personality, and a strong immune system.
He established a healthy routine and lived a life of longevity like an "astonishing symphony.

✔ Dietary balance: ★★★★
✔ Stress tolerance: ★★★★★

No. 5: Philip Glass (1937-)

Health point: jogging composer

He loves to run and has made jogging a habit for many years.
He maintains one of the healthiest physical figures in contemporary music.
He also takes up meditation and yoga to perfectly manage his stress.
His music genre is minimal music, but his "health habits" are also managed in a minimal way. A simple life is the secret to good health!

✔ Physical strength: ★★★★★
✔ Mental stability: ★★★★

No. 4: Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Health Point: Maintain good health with a unique lifestyle

He has a stoic lifestyle of eating at a certain time and going to bed at a certain time.
He has never consumed alcohol or smoked, and does not engage in binge drinking or eating.
He eats almost exclusively "watercress. He has a very stoic diet.
Although it may not be true that he eats only watercress, it is still true that he has a high level of self-control, as many composers destroy themselves through intemperance.

✔ Nutritional balance: ★☆☆☆☆☆ (watercress)
✔ Stability of life rhythm: ★★★★★

Third: Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Health point: a life as strong as "Carmina Burana".

A muscular composer, he has been working out since his youth.
He maintained his health during the war and lived long until he was almost 90 years old.
He managed to combine a regular life with his musical activities.
As the rhythmic sense of "Carmina Burana" shows, he lived his life "regularly and vigorously.

✔ Physical strength: ★★★★★
✔ Health maintenance in old age: ★★★★☆

Second Prize: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Health point: "Curing Master of the Composition World"

Although he was an extremely picky eater, he avoided meat and consumed a lot of plant foods.
While many composers live short lives, he lived to be 86 years old.
Mentally stable, he lived a comfortable life.
Although he wrote "Carnival of the Animals," he ate almost no animal products. In a sense, he may be a "pioneer vegan composer.

✔ Longevity: ★★★★★
✔ Dietary health consciousness: ★★★★☆ (but extreme)

No. 1: John Cage (1912-1992)

Health points: proper diet + meditation + longevity

Since his youth, he has practiced macrobiotics (brown rice and vegetable-based diet).
He has also adopted the habit of meditation to prevent stress from accumulating.
He has remained active until the age of 80, and has continued to be creative until the end of his life.
As in the case of "4 minutes 33 seconds," he emphasized the importance of marginal space in his lifestyle, just as he emphasized the importance of marginal space in his music. As a result, he lived the healthiest life of any classical composer.

✔ Dietary awareness: ★★★★★
✔ Mental stability: ★★★★★

Summary: Commonalities among healthy composers

In reviewing the rankings, it is clear that composers who have maintained their health have the following in common

Regular lifestyle (Haydn, Orff, Cage)
Avoiding stress (Haydn, Satie, Saint-Saens)
Exercise (Glass, Orff)
Meditation and a healthy diet (Cage, Saint-Saens)

Many composers have lived short lives as a result of destructive lifestyles, but if you practice self-discipline like these composers did, you can have both health and music!

Why don't you try the "cage-and-glass method" and enjoy a healthy classical music life?
The author of this column also has a tendency to like Jiro-style food and to be slightly addicted to caffeine, so I would like to try to moderate my consumption of caffeine in the future.