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Author Question: Why did Beethoven alter the name of his third symphony from Bonaparte to the Eroica? What will be ... (Read 165 times)

brutforce

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on: Jul 25, 2018
Why did Beethoven alter the name of his third symphony from Bonaparte to the Eroica?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What was the purpose of the eighteenth-century piano sonata as composed by Haydn and Mozart? What change did
  Beethoven make in this genre, and what was the result?


 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: because Napoleon betrayed the revolutionary ideals of republican government when he declared himself
Emperor of France



Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: composed for talented amateurs to play in the home; Beethoven infused the genre with technical bravura,
making them more appropriate for the concert hall



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