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Symphony No. 3
Sign in to saveAlso known as Eroica, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, Heroic
symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven
Key facts
- Key
- E ♭ major
- Composed
- 1802 ( 1802 ) –1804
- Dedication
- Napoleon Bonaparte , later retracted upon Napoleon's crowning himself Emperor
- Scoring
- Orchestra
- Date
- 7 April 1805
- Location
- Theater an der Wien, Vienna
- Conductor
- Ludwig van Beethoven
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Symphony No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 55, titled as the Eroica Symphony, is a symphony in four movements by Ludwig van Beethoven.
One of Beethoven's most celebrated works, the Eroica symphony is a large-scale composition that marked the beginning of the composer's innovative "middle period".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Symphony No. 3” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.