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# **[PRINCE LOBKOWITZ'S PALACE in Vienna,** where Ludwig van **Beethoven's Third Symphony, the 'Eroica**', was performed for the first time in 1804: after a watercolor by R. Reuss, late 18th century.](https://www.bridgemanimages.com/fr/noartistknown/prince-lobkowitz-s-palace-in-vienna-where-ludwig-van-beethoven-s-third-symphony-the-eroica-was/nomedium/asset/3362529)

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘: 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 occupies an exceptional place not only in the history of music, but…

𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60, by 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧, occupies one of the most singular places among his nine symphonies.…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿, 𝗢𝗽. 𝟳𝟯 — “𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿” 𝗔 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜. 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟴–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟵 When…

𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 - 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨.𝟑 - 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2053627 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘, “𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐂𝐀”: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 Beethoven’s Third Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 55, universally known as the “Eroica”, stands at…

𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 1803: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵” 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 In 1803, Ludwig van Beethoven stood at a decisive threshold. The private catastrophe of his hearing loss—formally confronted in the 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (October 1802)—did…

# **Ludwig van Beethoven in Vienna, 1804 — A Year of Inner Revolution** In **1804**, Beethoven’s life in Vienna stood at a decisive crossroads. Externally, he was already recognized as one of the city’s…

𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐔𝐗 — 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒 — 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟓 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞…