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Con questa sinfonia Beethoven aveva pensato a Buonaparte, quando questo era ancora Console. Beethoven allora lo stimava assai, comparandolo ai piú grandi Consoli romani. Molti amici di Beethoven, non solo io, videro la partitura di questa sinfonia sul tavolo, la cui prima pagina portava la parola "Buonaparte" nella parte alta e nient'altro che "Luigi van Beethoven" in fondo. Non so come dovesse essere riempito lo spazio vuoto. Fui il primo a recargli la notizia che Buonaparte si era proclamato Imperatore; in quel momento con uno scatto d'ira disse: „Anche lui é nient'altro che un uomo qualunque! Ora pure lui calpesterà tutti i Diritti Universali, seguendo solo la propria ambizione; ora si reputerà superiore agli altri uomini, diventando un tiranno!“ Beethoven si avvicinò al tavolo, prese la prima pagina, la strappò e la gettò a terra. La pagina venne nuovamente riscritta e per la prima volta la sinfonia ricevette il titolo: Sinfonia eroica. In writing this symphony, Beethoven had been thinking of Buonaparte, but Buonaparte while he was First Consul. At that time Beethoven had the highest esteem for him, and compared him to the greatest consuls of Ancient Rome. Not only I, but many of Beethoven's closer friends, saw this symphony on his table, beautifully copied in manuscript, with the word "Buonaparte" inscribed at the very top of the title-page and "Ludwig van Beethoven" at the very bottom, but not a word more. Whethever and with what the intervening space was to be filled I do not know. I was the first to tell him the news that Buonaparte had declared himself Emperor, whereupon he broke into a rage and exclaimed, "So he is no more than a common mortal! Now, too, he will tread under foot all the rights of Man, indulge only his ambition; now he will think himself superior to all men, become a tyrant!" Beethoven went to the table, seized the top of the titlepage, tore it in half and threw it on the floor. The page had to be recopied, and it was only now that the symphony received the title Sinfonia eroica.

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