Beethoven Symphony n. 3 "Eroica" -Herbert von Karajan Conductor -Berliner Philharmoniker I. Allegro con brio
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai 16:03
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace & IV Finale. Allegro molto 31:24
"Beethoven's 3rd" redirects here. For the direct-to-video movie, see Beethoven's 3rd (film).
Sinfonia Eroica (1804): The title page shows Beethoven's erasure of his dedication of the work to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55 (also Italian Sinfonia Eroica, Heroic Symphony) is a structurally rigorous composition of great emotional depth, which marked the beginning of the creative middle-period of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
Beethoven began composing the third symphony soon after Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 36; he completed the composition in early 1804, and the first public performance of Symphony No. 3 was on 7 April 1805 in Vienna.
