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Peter Harzem <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 13 May 1999 17:04:42 -0500
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Billy Kitson wrote:

>James Tobin wrote:
>
>>Hitler may have liked Beethoven, but Beethoven assuredly would not have
>>liked Hitler.
>
>Oh, "hold on" What was the Eroica's" first title?? The "Napoleon"??

Yes, when Beethoven thought Napoleon was championing freedom.  (I believe
it was not the title, but the dedication.) When Napoleon's actions
disillusioned him, he changed the dedication.

Peter Harzem

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