International Journal publishes "Beethoven the Philosopher"

My paper, "Beethoven the Philosopher: A Reflection," appears in the June 2015 edition of Philosophy Pathways electronic newsletter: http://www.philosophypathways.com/newsletter/issue194.html As summarized by editor, Richard Grego,
"The first essay on 'Beethoven the Philosopher' by Dr Linda Brown Holt
looks at the little-known but surprisingly pervasive influence of
German Enlightenment and Idealist philosophies on the artistic
development of Ludwig Von Beethoven's work at the turn of the 18th/
19th centuries. While Beethoven's musical transition from exemplar of
classicism to pioneer of the romantic style is well known, the
possible role that contemporaneous philosophical themes like freedom
and potentiality ---- characteristic of the romantic era ethos -- may
have played in inspiring this transition is little-examined and
largely unappreciated in the history of ideas. The essay establishes
a philosophical genealogy suggesting that this philosophical trend,
through the legacy of prominent professors at the university where
Beethoven studied philosophy, may have exerted a significant
formative influence on Beethoven's psychology and work.