7th Entry

• 1799, Napoleon was named First Counsul of France. However, the First Consul of France neither rose to power nor governed by democratic process.


• In May, 1804, the First Consul had declared himself Emperor of France.


• Beethoven had one tore his third symphony and flung it on the floor, because that Napoleon, for Beethoven, was dead. Replace the title to "Composed to celebrate the memory of a great man".


• Beethoven was a genius only as a composer and muscian.


• "Often I write the answer in my head; yet when I want to set it down I usually throw away my pe, because I am not capable of writing exactly what I feel", said Beethoven.


• Beethoven wrote in bits and snatches, working on several pieces at once. He kept elaborate notebokes of musical ideas, labored over the scoring and elements of notation, and did a great deal of experimenting at the piano. The he would repreatedly revise completed manuscripts until the day they went to the printer.


• Major difference between Mozart and Beethoven was Mozart could and often did write out his works at the dinner table easily.


• Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio.