Beethoven: Music as Theology
Paul Joseph Krause Paul Joseph Krause
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 Published On Aug 4, 2023

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In this talk on the music of Beethoven, we explore Beethoven's music as expressions of theology. We cover Ode to Joy, Christ on the Mount of Olives, and Fidelio as examples of Beethoven's musical artistry as a form of spiritual truth and theology.

0:00-1:23 - Introduction
1:23-5:13 - Ode to Joy
5:13-9:20 - Christ on the Mount of Olives
9:20-13:38 - Fidelio and the Prisoners' Chorus
13:38-15:13 - Music as Theology
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Paul Krause is the editor-in-chief of VoegelinView. He is a writer, classicist, and historian. He has written on the arts, culture, classics, literature, philosophy, religion, and history for numerous publications in the English-speaking world. He is the author of Finding Arcadia (2023), The Odyssey of Love (2021), and the Politics of Plato (2020); he has also contributed to The College Lecture Today (2019) and Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters (2022).

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