Savatage - Holocaust

Some of the composer's friends openly regretted the overthrow of Napoleon, who, in their opinion, was an enemy of feudalism and a supporter of progress. In this context, Beethoven’s statement, quoted in the memoirs of Karl Czerny and relating to 1824, is clear: “Napoleon! I could not stand him before. Now I think very differently. " About the winners of Napoleon, whom he himself sang during the Vienna Congress in the cantata "Glorious Moment", the composer now spoke angrily or contemptuously. For example, sending March 18, 1820, two easy processing of Austrian folk songs to Nicolaus Zimrok in Bonn, Beethoven dropped a phrase that was quite understandable to both old friends: “I think that hunting for folk songs is a more useful business than hunting so much praised heroes for people.” In a letter sent by mail, it was impossible to speak more specifically. But speech,Undoubtedly, there was talk of repression against any, even imaginary dissent, unfolding in Prussia and Austria after the assassination of Kotzebue by Zand.