An assessment of Beethoven and his music and how he affected the culture of his times. More than any earlier composer, Beethoven was feted by Princes and Emperors. He thought of himself as having a special and highly significant role in society, and his music tackles such themes as patriotism, as in the Fifth Symphony and the idea of the brotherhood of man in the Ninth Symphony

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