Shane Mage wrote: > And that is the "best of kings" adulated by > Beethoven, the supposed democrat. Which is to be expected from the > composer of a Symphony celebrating "Wellington's Victory at the Battle > of Vittoria." But didn't Beethoven tear up the dedication page of his > Third Symphony when he heard that Bonaparte had crowned himself > Emperor? Where then, were his "democratic sympathies" when Bonaparte > had made himself dictator as "First Consul?" Alas, in crowning > himself Emperor, Bonaparte had ended the Holy Roman Empire. And that > act of lèse majesté to Beethoven's Austrian Kaiser was unpardonable.
Sounds like Beethoven was the 19th century counterpart of Castroite apologists like me today! Guilty as charged. ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
