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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

The last is in a sense a fragment, but, though the integer of a great unaccomplished drama, is as complete in itself as the Funeral March in Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

From Life of Robert Browning by Sharp, William

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