Music of War and Victory: How Beethoven helped to save and rebuild the Habsburg Empire

This year’s Botstiber Lecture will explore how the Habsburg Empire withstood the Napoleonic onslaught and almost 14 years of war, state bankruptcy and a crippling economic crisis. Music and in particular Beethoven played a key role in resistance, legitimizing a shift of power and identity from the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation to Austria , and eventually celebrating the victory and resurrecting the Habsburg Empire as one of the Great Powers of Europe. 

Date and Time: January 25, 11AM-12:30PM (PST)

Hybrid Event: Zoom and Moses Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 United States

Registration info: Register online

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