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Re: Political Beethoven
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James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 19 May 1999 19:16:32 +0200
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James Zehm wrote:

>>And and 1812 it was time again for a new piece dedicated, or at least
>>addressed, to Napoleon.

Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]> wonderedn too:

>And what would that have been?  (This is not a rhetorical question.)
>Surely James isn't referring to the "Wellington's Victory" symphony?!

Of course it is "Wellingtons Sieg, oder die Schlacht bei
Vitoria"....Beethoven triumphantlly singing over Napoleons defeat.

But mister Meyer, would it really be right to call it a "symphony"? It
is rather a tonepoem, eh?

James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>

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