Epstein Secrets

ed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to Beethoven .E9°1 Beethoven was attracted to the ideals of the Enlightenment. In 1804, when Napoleon's imperial ambitions became clear, Beethoven took hold of the title page of his Third Symphony and scratched the name Bonaparte out so violently th

were named. EFTA00536845 In the Autumn of 18°8, after having been rejected for a position at the royal theatre, Beethoven received an offer from Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte, then king of Westphalia, for a well-paid position as Kapellmeister at the court in Cassel. To persuade him to stay in Vi

, after having been rejected for a position at the royal theatre, Beethoven received an offer from Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte, then king of Westphalia, for a well-paid position as Kapellmeister at the court in Cassel. To persuade him to stay in Vienna, the Archduke Rudolph, Prince Kinsky and Princ

ed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to Beethoven.E9cd Beethoven was attracted to the ideals of the Enlightenment. In 1804, when Napoleon's imperial ambitions became clear, Beethoven took hold of the title page of his Third Symphony and scratched the name Bonaparte out so violently th

9,Qp Razumovsky were named. In the Autumn of 18°8, after having been rejected for a position at the royal theatre, Beethoven received an offer from Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte, then king of Westphalia, for a well-paid position as Kapellmeister at the court in Cassel. To persuade him to stay in Vi

, after having been rejected for a position at the royal theatre, Beethoven received an offer from Napoleon's brother Jerome Bonaparte, then king of Westphalia, for a well-paid position as Kapellmeister at the court in Cassel. To persuade him to stay in Vienna, the Archduke Rudolph, Prince Kinsky_ and Prin

decisive mark of leadership and success in revolutionary periods. Consider, for instance, Charles, the Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel who faced down Napoleon on the fields of Jena in what is now central Germany in October 1806. Brusnwick-Wolfenbuttel was then 71 years old. He was considered one of the most

rs to one. His men were masters of the subtle techniques of Frederick the Great, tactics that had delivered victory in far more perilous moments. But Napoleon, less than half the Duke’s age at 37, stared across the same undulating land, the same poised armies and saw in the landscape something completely 4

ct, established in its aftermath a new balance that let each King select the religion of his subjects. Cuius regio, eius religio as the agreements of Westphalia decided in 1648 - or Whose realm, whose religion. This produced some stability, but not for long. You could read that line, after all, very personall