INSPIRED AND ENRAGED
Now on display at the Beethoven-Haus,
Bonn, Germany, Joseph Karl Stieler’s 1819-
1820 portrait depicts the composer at
work. Slashes of ink and torn paper mark
the spot on the Third Symphony’s original
score (left) where Bonaparte’s name
was violently removed.
PORTRAIT: BRIDGEMAN/ACI. SCORE: GRANGER/AURIMAGES
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