Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata

Beethoven: The Farewell Sonata

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S1 E5: In the first lecture on Beethoven, learn how the composer identified with the figure of Napoleon. Study the clashes after the French Revolution, and witness the military conflicts between Napoleon and the Habsburg empire. Grasp the highly personal meanings in Beethoven’s Farewell Sonata, which depicts the departure and absence of the composer’s patron in the face of Napoleon’s march on Vienna.