Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

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orchestral work symphony

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" is Beethoven’s groundbreaking orchestral work that marked the dawn of musical Romanticism through its unprecedented scale, emotional depth, and heroic character.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"	1
Beethoven symphony no. 3	1
Eroica	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	orchestral work ⓘ symphony ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd	1804 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart	1802 ⓘ
approximateDurationMinutes	45 ⓘ
catalogNumber	Op. 55 ⓘ
composer	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
composerWorkNumber	Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Beethoven symphony no. 3
countryOfFirstPerformance	Austria ⓘ
dedicationFinal	Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz ⓘ
dedicationOriginalIntended	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
firstMovementTitle	Allegro con brio ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity	Vienna ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	1805-04-07 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Theater an der Wien ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1806 ⓘ
followedBy	Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 ⓘ
fourthMovementTitle	Finale: Allegro molto ⓘ
genre	symphony ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early Romanticism ⓘ
influenced	development of Romantic symphony ⓘ
key	E-flat major ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
movementCount	4 ⓘ
notableFeature	funeral march second movement ⓘ innovative development section in first movement ⓘ use of theme and variations in finale ⓘ
numberInSeries	3 ⓘ
orchestration	2 bassoons ⓘ 2 clarinets ⓘ 2 flutes ⓘ 2 oboes ⓘ 2 trumpets ⓘ 3 horns ⓘ strings ⓘ timpani ⓘ
period	Classical period ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput	beginning of Beethoven’s middle period ⓘ
precededBy	Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 ⓘ
publisher	Bureau des arts et d’industrie ⓘ
secondMovementTitle	Marcia funebre: Adagio assai ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	expanded symphonic scale ⓘ heroic character ⓘ intense emotional contrast ⓘ
subtitle	Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eroica
thirdMovementTitle	Scherzo: Allegro vivace ⓘ
title	Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ⓘ
translatedSubtitle	Heroic ⓘ
yearOfCompletion	1804 ⓘ

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House of Lobkowicz → associatedWithWork → Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" → composerWorkNumber → Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beethoven symphony no. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven → notableWork → Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" ⓘ

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" → subtitle → Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eroica