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Re: Political Beethoven
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 May 1999 11:03:59 -0700
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Billy Kitson ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>James Tobin wrote:
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>>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"??

No, it was to be *dedicated* to Napoleon.  But when B heard N had crowned
himself emperor, he scratched out the dedication.

Deryk Barker
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