{"id":4250850695,"title":"Beethoven's Heroic Symphony","handle":"beethovens-heroic-symphony","description":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/anna-harwell-celenza\" title=\"Author Anna Harwell Celenza\"\u003eAnna Harwell Celenza\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/joann-e-kitchel\" title=\"Illustrator JoAnn E. Kitchel\"\u003eJoAnn E. Kitchell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe story behind Ludwig van Beethoven's composition \u003ci\u003eThe Heroic Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeethoven's \u003cem\u003eThird Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e was written as the classical composer was struggling with his advancing deafness. Meant as a celebration of Napoleon's victories, the four movements reflected Bonaparte's courage and heroism. But soon after Beethoven completed the work, he discovered Napoleon's treachery in declaring himself Emperor of France, and the composer considered destroying the composition. Instead, \u003cem\u003eThe Bonaparte Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e was later renamed the \u003cem\u003eEroica\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eHeroic Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/annas-music-spot\" title=\"Anna's Music Spot\"\u003eAnna's Music Spot\u003c\/a\u003e for links to recordings suggested by Anna Harwell Celenza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/collections\/once-upon-a-masterpiece\" title=\"Once Upon a Masterpiece\"\u003eThe Once Upon a Masterpiece series\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/duke-ellingtons-nutcracker-suite\" title=\"Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite\"\u003eDuke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/annas-music-spot\" title=\"Anna's Music Spot\"\u003eAnna's Music Spot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/beethovens-heroic-symphony-spread.jpg?11251855187821125164\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAnna Harwell Celenza, author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Harwell Celenza is a musicologist and the author of several books for adults and children regarding music history and the history of art. 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Instead, \u003cem\u003eThe Bonaparte Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e was later renamed the \u003cem\u003eEroica\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eHeroic Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/annas-music-spot\" title=\"Anna's Music Spot\"\u003eAnna's Music Spot\u003c\/a\u003e for links to recordings suggested by Anna Harwell Celenza.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/collections\/once-upon-a-masterpiece\" title=\"Once Upon a Masterpiece\"\u003eThe Once Upon a Masterpiece series\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/duke-ellingtons-nutcracker-suite\" title=\"Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite\"\u003eDuke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/annas-music-spot\" title=\"Anna's Music Spot\"\u003eAnna's Music Spot\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/beethovens-heroic-symphony-spread.jpg?11251855187821125164\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAnna Harwell Celenza, author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna Harwell Celenza is a musicologist and the author of several books for adults and children regarding music history and the history of art. 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