Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Eroica

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 26 March 1827) Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini Year of recording: 1939 (live) Symphony No. 3 in Eflat major (Op. 55), also known as the Eroica (Italian for heroic ), written in 18031804. 00:00 I. Allegro con brio 13:58 II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai 30:04 III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 35:22 IV. Finale: Allegro molto Beethoven s 3rd symphony was introduced privately in Vienna, chez Prince Lobkowitz, to whom it is dedicated. Beethoven also conducted the public premiere on 7 April 1805, in the TheateranderWien. Despite everything written to the contrary, the Sinfonia eroica was never a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, although Beethoven did plan to dedicate it to the charismatic Corsican First Consul of He went into a rage, however, when a pupil, Ferdinand Ries, brought news in May 1804 that Napoleon had crowned himself Emperor. According to Ries, Beethoven shouted that the General wa