Beethoven - Wellington's victory 2/2

Or how the british defeated the french at Vitoria as told by a german... an illustrative portrait of the european 19th century. Illustrations took from the Waterloo battle

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Music

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• beethoven
• wellington
• vitoria
• napoleon

[Tokkemon]

Now we know where Tchaikovsky got his idea for 1812 from!

[swanningaround]

It was NOT Blücher's victory!!! He was not even involved in the battle. There were no Preussian units in this battle. The allies were British, Portugese and Spanish. Please re-read what I just said.

PS: You are getting confused with the Battle of Waterloo - Blücher was a victor there - not at Vitoria.

[curriefiona]

@fedorasproductions @crisandm1016 That "very british piece" is God Save the King (a.k.a. God Save the Queen) and the national anthem of Great Britain. So it was a logical choice for Beethoven to have incorporated it into this piece. Other nations have used the tune with new lyrics for their own national anthems at various points in history, but God Save the King was the original version.

[Adri58]

@Mortadelo1989 Será una basurilla para Beethoven, pero me encantaaaaaaa. Seguro que esta obra la compuso cagando, y aún así es cojonuda.

Pero su mejor obra es la Misa Solemnis, eso es lo más cercano a la perfección que existe

[Adri58]

@PandaMishima I would be proud to be German. Besides, they have Brahms, who is another FUCKING GENIUS

[Adri58]

@MsPandaRosa Exactly. Without doing any effort he was one of the best composer.

I bet he composed this "shit" while having crap LOL

[Adri58]

Beethoven considered this work to be a shit. Well, I would love to be able to compose this shit.

Even the worst Beethoven composition is absolutelly outstanding

For example: 5.25. What the fuck!!!!! That is AWESOME !!!!!!

[fedorasproductions]

@crisandm1016 "my country tis of thees" melody comes from a very british piece, written to bring more patriotism to the country. The americans used it like yankee doodle against the british and made the piece of music our own during the revolution.

[emailf1]

The worst Beethoven's work, just forget it.

[crisandm1016]

1:44 to around 2:15

Who else thinks it sounds exactly like my country tis of thee

[MsPandaRosa]

@H1dden1s

Do it, Ludwig, do it! For the love of Charles Ives, do it!