Posted on 01/15/2013 5:20:36 AM PST by expat1000
What is “the Eroica story”?
Beethoven dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon, because he believed that Napoleon was for a republican form of government, and would bring about the end of tyrannical monarchies in Europe.
When Napoleon ended up crowning himself emperor and went around conquering other countries, Ludwig was so upset he contemplated destroying the entire symphony, but ended up just tearing to shreds the first page which contained the dedication to Bonaparte. “Bonaparte” was the original working title, but got quickly changed to “Heroic”.
Dan Greenfield alludes to this incident in his fine article, citing that none of the Obama-worshippers have the guts to do something similar in the field of the Arts.
Thanks.
My Pleasure. Always willing to share with a Fellow FReeper!
It was a funny coincidence, reading a reference to this in Dan’s Article,
When I had JUST told this story to one of my students LAST NIGHT! LOL!
You can sacrifice your life after teaching your children, and in a country with borders your martyrdom would have saved your country. But now, the matrix (marxist govt aided by its media propaganda machine) will just import ignorant, eager masses. Tyranny in this country with relative materialistic abundance to them who never tasted freedom, doesn’t sound too bad a deal.
We must defeat the matrix using the tactics of the left and by other ingenious means. Individual sacrifice will not be enough.
Welcome to the Sultan Knish/Daniel Greenfield ping list!
The revolution will be a little harder as Zero rolls out his executive orders on the 16th of January.
Many thanks for the bump and ping. Great stuff. Thanks again. Bookmark worthy.
I try to limit my blog reading, but this guy's every word is worth reading. So many thanks to expat1000 for posting Greenfield links here daily.
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