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Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata

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Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata
Oclc number
985037164
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Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016
Runtime
45
Summary
In the first of two lectures on Beethoven, learn how the composer identified, almost mystically, with the figure of Napoleon. Study the events of the continuing clashes after the French Revolution, and witness the progressive military conflicts between Napoleon and the Austrian Habsburg empire. Grasp the highly personal meanings in Beethoven?s Farewell Sonata, which depicts the departure and absence of the composer?s aristocratic patron in the face of Napoleon?s 1809 march on Vienna
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