Word: beethovens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...climax of the program will be the Beethoven "Eroica Symphony." In his production last Saturday night, Mr. Koussevitzky multiplied the wood winds into fours and strengthened the brass against the weight of the string choir. This rendered it, in the opinion of many of those who heard it, the most vivid performance of "The Eroica" that Boston has heard in many years...
This evening at 8 o'clock, the Boston Symphony will give its first concert of the season at Sanders Theatre. Each of the four numbers on the program is noteworthy, but perhaps the most interesting is the last, the great Third or "Eroica" Symphony of Beethoven...
...Beethoven, living in Vienna, was a profound admirer of the republican principles of the French Revolution, and in 1804 he wrote in honor of Napoleon the majestic symphony known as the "Eroica". The work was completed just at the time of Napoleon's coronation...
Sadly, indeed, was Beethoven to be disappointed. "When the phrase 'your subjects' was publicly assigned to the Corps Legislative . . ." says J. H. Rose, the historian, "there was a flutter of wrath among those who had hoped that the new Empire was to be Republican. But it quickly passed away; and no French man, except perhaps Carnot, made so manly a protest as the man of genius at Vienna who had composed the 'Sinfonia Eroica' and, with a grand republican simplicity inscribed it, 'Beethoven a Bonaparte'. When the master heard that his former hero had taken the imperial crown, he tore...
...will be 100 years next spring since Ludwig van Beethoven, mighty genius of his day, pulled off his boots, crawled into bed and died, as feebly, as impotently as any little man might do. To commemorate the centenary of his death musical organizations the world over have announced Beethoven Memorial programs. The Metropolitan Opera Company will revive his one and only opera, Fidelio, orchestras will feature his symphonies above all others. Thus everywhere musicians are scouring for relics of Beethoven. Last week in Europe a discovery was made, not an unfinished symphony to be treated and pieced together...