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"??

It was originally dedicated to Napoleon.  Napoleon was a person whom one
could like based upon one's assessment of his enemies, among whom he seemed
to be showing himself the better person.

When Napoleon crowned himself emperor, Beethoven, got disillusioned and
tore up the dedication.

Walter Meyer