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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sinfonia Eroica … composta per festeggiare il sovvenire di un grande Uomo (“Heroic Symphony, Composed to celebrate the memory of a great man”

Eulogy for a dude who's still alive, brutal!

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 8 points 11 months ago

As Bonaparte declared himself "emperor" in 1804, the 1st Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, to whom Eroica is dedicated, was "dead" at that point.