Set in the framework of Beethoven's life, this detailed examination of his music brings fresh insight to the composer's intellectual development, his aesthetic ideals and compositional methods. Works of every genre are discussed, offering a new interpretation of Beethoven's creative mind and showing how his restless, open vision of music - and art in general - is at the root of his universal appeal.
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Set in the framework of Beethoven's life, this detailed examination of his music brings fresh insight to the composer's intellectual development, his aesthetic ideals and compositional methods. Works of every genre are discussed, offering a new interpretation of Beethoven's creative mind and showing how his restless, open vision of music - and art in general - is at the root of his universal appeal.
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