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Eroica Symphony

American  
[e-roh-i-kuh] / ɛˈroʊ ɪ kə /

noun

  1. the third symphony (1804) in E♭, opus 55, by Beethoven.


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He began his tenure in Seattle with Frank Zappa's "Dupree's Paradise," the first piece on a program that concluded with Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2014

As a teenager I read that Beethoven's Eroica Symphony was supposed to be great.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2012

And Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, performed this week, will be the first big test of his interpretive chops.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2011

Revered classics — Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" and Gershwin's "American in Paris," to name a few — are part of the picture.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2011

She had been to hear Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony once more, but it had seemed to her like a pious book.

From Evelyn Innes by George (George Augustus) Moore

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