Klarinet Archive - Posting 000242.txt from 1998/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: RE: [kl] Re: Wagner
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:21:40 -0400

At 10:57 AM 10/4/98 EDT, MorgyJr wrote:
>Not to really beat a dead horse on this subject, but I agree. I recall that
>Fidelio, (I think if memory serves me right, or is it Egmont?) was originally
>dedicated to Napoleon. Nappy did some horrible thing, (again, i don't
>remember what it was) and Beethoven tok his inscription right off the
>manuscript. Beethoven doesn't appear to have been without moral
conscience.
>
Just for the record, it was the Symphony No. 3 (Eroica). Napoleon appeared
to Beethoven to be a hero and liberator, until he declared himself Emperor.

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