Mark Ehlert:

>That's the 3rd Symphony story all right, but it wasn't Rudolph who received
>the dedication after the "incident." I think it was Count Lichnowsky, but
>don't quote me on that.:)

Sensible, for it was Lobkowitz.

Deryk Barker:

>You're thinking of the Eroica.  He didn't actually tear out the page, just
>scratched out the dedication (he almost went thorugh the paper in places).
>According to Czerny (?) B went ballistic when hearing that Napoleon had
>crowned himself, proclaiming "so he too is a mere mortal!"

No, according to Ries and if we may believe him, Beethoven did tear out the
page and destroy it, but there was already a copy and there he scratched
out the dedication and almost went through the paper.  Nevertheless (and
from a psychological point of view this is very interesting) only a few
months later he wrote to the publisher that the symphony "actually" was
called "Bonaparte" (not Emperor Napoleon, which is also interesting).

Greetings,
Joyce Maier