"Padel\'s imagery and imagination took me deeper into Beethoven than many biographies I\'ve read." -- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems Ruth Padel \'s new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the Life and legend of one of the world\'s greatest composers.
She uncovers the man behind the. "Padel\'s imagery and imagination took me deeper into Beethoven than many biographies I\'ve read." -- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems Ruth Padel \'s new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the Life and legend of one of the world\'s greatest composers