Alan Saunders explores the big questions and arguments; he looks at the world of philosophy and at the world through philosophy.

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2009-10-24 - Beethoven and the modern

2009-10-24 - Beethoven and the modern

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DATE : Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000
Entered in Database : 2009-10-23 14:00:00
length : 12049344
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Music can make us happy or sad, it can present us with fascinating complex patterns, but can it make us think? Ludwig van Beethoven believed that it could and this week we look at his relationship to the philosophy of his day and his legacy to the modern world. Liberation and heroic defiance, spiritual alienation and transcendence, personal autonomy and a new conception of musical time - all these distinctive aspects of modern thought are intimately bound up with Beethoven, his personality, his personal history and, above all, his work.

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