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Monday, July 18, 2022
Classical corner
The first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica").
The symphony was considered to be of heroic scale in comparison to other music of the time, and was inspired, to some extent, by Beethoven's early admiration for Napoleon. that admiration fairly quickly turned to ashes, however, when Napoleon crowned himself emperor.
I don't know, it's not very eroic to me.
ReplyDeleteThe symphony was considered to be of heroic scale in comparison to other music of the time, and was inspired, to some extent, by Beethoven's early admiration for Napoleon. that admiration fairly quickly turned to ashes, however, when Napoleon crowned himself emperor.
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