It took Beethoven the longest period in his career to ultimate the 5th Symphony. It was a turbulent time, innerly and historically (still Napoleonic wars, couple years before the Egmont). "Here is the destiny, knocking at the door", he said to interpret the first four lapidary notes. And it is a destiny that, within this very piece, he fights and wins in the name of the human reason.
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