Napoleon

Napoleon – March 15, Bourgie Hall

Napoleon - The Military Figure In the Classical period, princes employed wind bands to entertain them in their gardens, causing composers to give pride of place to wind instruments in their chamber music works...
Napoleonic History

Napoleonic History – February 22, Bourgie Hall

Concert-lecture Musical Pages From Napoleonic History: 1800 to 1815 To complement his concert on February 23, Daniel Propper gives an outline of his research project, L’Écho des batailles with illustrations a...
Ode to Napoleon

Ode to Napoleon – February 2, Bourgie Hall

Ode to Napoleon A quartet by Beethoven is preceded by vocal works about Napoleon. Heine’s poem Die beiden Grenadiere, set to music by Reissinger, Schumann, and Wagner, among others, pays tribute to the Emperor...