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le_russe_satan

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Oct 09, 2009 13:39

Oh. My. God. How is it I never knew Beethoven composed a piece entitled "Wellington's Victory". It's like two of my favourite men coming together! :D

UPD: And I'm off to a concert to listen to the Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's first symphony and Mahler. :D And then I'll be going to a club where they are having a Russian night ( Read more... )

beethoven, wellington, wtf, music

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generals_best October 9 2009, 17:58:24 UTC

Oh, I envy you! Beethoven and Mahler... you lucky girl. :) Have fun!
And I didn't know about Wellington's Victory either.

le_russe_satan October 10 2009, 02:41:53 UTC

^_^ Envy me moar! It was awesome! :D

latin_cat October 9 2009, 18:50:29 UTC

I warn you, "Wellington's Victory" is shit. Beethoven composed it ina rush and everybody (including Welly) said it was rubbish. When I first heard it through at the Moot '08, and Sharpie and I were killing ourselves laughing imagining the myriad expressions of horror and long-suffering dismay on Arthur's face when he heard this; including several false-starts to get up from his chair at the false endings written into the music. XD

le_russe_satan October 10 2009, 02:42:49 UTC

Well, I suppose, since I love Beethoven I'll forgive him anything, just like I would with Welly! :D

grace_poppy October 9 2009, 21:41:17 UTC

Aww, I grew up with the 1812 Overture and Wellington's Victory on the same disc, so I have a lot of sentimental fondness for it (and my mom taught me the words to "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" in it.) But as latin says, it's a very silly piece by Beethoven's usual standards. I think he just wanted to make up for dedicating Eroica to Napoleon earlier on.

I think it has cannons in it, and that along with having the theme of defeating Napoleon makes it often paired with 1812, in recordings at least. I've never heard it performed live (probably because it's so silly.)

Wait, haven't we had this conversation before...? *looks it up* Well, I have anyway! XD

le_russe_satan October 10 2009, 02:44:01 UTC

:D But we can have it over and over again, who cares? :D

grace_poppy October 10 2009, 20:02:26 UTC

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le_russe_satan October 10 2009, 20:05:17 UTC

I still haven't heard it, so can't comment on whether it's bad or good, but live cannon is badass for sure! XD

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