"Egmont" is a sequence of pieces written by Beethoven during Napoleonic Wars - this is the Overture (="Opening"). Napoleon had just crowned himself Emperor, and this was such an outrage to the eyes of Beethoven, that he put his disappointment into music: Count of Egmont's story exalts a nobleman who sacrificed himself by taking a valiant stand against oppression. Fun fact of this overture, it became an unofficial anthem for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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