Victory Symphony

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Victory Symphony is a movement from Ludwig van Beethoven’s orchestral work "Wellington's Victory," depicting the triumph at the Battle of Vitoria through programmatic, celebratory music.

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Victory Symphony canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral movement ⓘ
programmatic music ⓘ
associatedWith programmatic depiction of warfare ⓘ
associatedWork Wellington's Victory, or the Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
basedOn events of the Peninsular War ⓘ
character celebratory ⓘ
victorious ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austrian Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo celebration of British victory at Vitoria ⓘ
depicts Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
triumph of allied forces over Napoleon's troops ⓘ
firstPerformanceWithWork 1813 ⓘ
genre orchestral music ⓘ
hasPart celebratory fanfares ⓘ
martial rhythms ⓘ
triumphal coda ⓘ
historicalContext Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
instrumentation full orchestra ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
narrativeFunction depicts victory celebration after battle ⓘ
partOf Wellington's Victory ⓘ
op. 91 (Wellington's Victory) ⓘ
style early Romantic ⓘ
late Classical ⓘ
tonality major mode ⓘ
uses brass fanfares ⓘ
dynamic contrasts ⓘ
percussion effects ⓘ

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Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria → movement → Victory Symphony ⓘ