Beethoven's music can be studied from many different aspects, but this book is concerned solely with his music as a record of his spiritual development. In his greatest music, Beethoven was primarily driven to express his personal vision of life. Contents: Art and Reality. Music as Isolation. Music as Expression. Beethoven's Characteristics. The Morality of Power. The Mind of Beethoven. The Hero. The End of a Period. Love and Money. The Hammerclavier Sonata. God the Champion. The Last Quartets. The Final Stage.
