the audience, as it began with, for example, a discord in F whilst written wit a C major chord, and quickly became a favoured piece. It was also during this performance that Beethoven integrated woodwind instruments into the orchestral structure, which "lifted them from [the] anonymity"12 they had previously known.
             Historically, Beethoven lived in turbulent times; the French Revolution of 1789 destroyed much of the old order and introduced new ideas, which led to a great upheaval among the people of Europe13. The breakdown of the structure in society fired idealism among the people. Beethoven "shared [the] revolutionary values"14 of such philosophers as Goethe, Schiller and Hegel. His Third Symphony, the Eroica, besides being a work of revolutionary import because it extended the possibilities of symphonic form, was significant because it was originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte. Beethoven erased the dedication when he heard Napoleon had declared himself Emperor. However, the history and meaning behind this symphony is much more complex, "it is b
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