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Politics and Music: Class Meetings
Professor Courtney Brown
Meeting #5: Beethoven and the Third Reich
LECTURE NOTES
SELECTIONS played in class:
(All by Beethoven)
Egmont Overture, Opus 84
Coriolan Overture, Opus 62
Ouverture Die Weihe Des Hauses, Opus 124
Abschiedsgesang au Wiens Burger, WoO 121
Kriegslied der Osterreicher, WoO 122
Symphony No. 7 - II Movement
Symphony No. 7 - IV Movement
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) - Funeral March
QUESTIONS: What is the significance of the German Radio playing
the Funeral March (Symphony No. 3) after the announcement of
Hitler's death? Why did the Nazi propagandists choose some of
Beethoven's lesser known marches to help in motivate the masses
to support the war effort? What is the significance of using
the Egmont overture to precede speeches by Hitler and other Nazi
officials?