Beethoven - His Spiritual Development

First published in 1927, J. W. N. Sullivan's "e;Beethoven - His Spiritual Development"e; explores the subject of Beethoven's spirituality, which the author believes he expressed through his greatest musical compositions. Contents include: "e;Art and Reality"e;, "e;Music as Isolated"e;, "e;Music as Expression"e;, "e;Beethoven's Characteristics"e;, "e;The Morality of Power"e;, "e;The Mind of Beethoven"e;, "e;The Hero"e;, "e;The End of a Period"e;, "e;Love and Money"e;, "e;The Hammerclavier Sonata"e;, "e;God the Companion"e;, etc. A fascinating study of Beethoven's work not to be missed by fans of classical music. John William Navin Sullivan (1886-1937) was a popular literary journalist and science writer who wrote some of the first accounts of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity for the laymen. Sullivan was acquainted with a number of important writers in 1920s London including T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, and Aleister Crowley. Read & Co. Books is republishing this classic work now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.