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Beethoven and napoleon – an interesting combo, though they occupied very different corners of the culture of the time, did nonetheless share a common link. Beethoven, famous for his musical compositions and Napoleon, famous for his military conquests, were at first mutual admirers. So much so in fact, that Beethoven composed a work he titled the “Bonaparte Symphony in tribute to the leaders who, at the time, was fighting a popular battle in Europe at the time.Later, however, when Bonaparte declared himself to be emperor, Beethoven, angered, changed the name of the composition to the Eroica Symphony. He nonetheless add an inscription that read, “composed to celebrate the memory of great man.”

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