# Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading

Date: 1804

## The fact

In 1804 [Beethoven](/people/ludwig-van-beethoven) withdrew the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony after [Napoleon](/people/napoleon) took an imperial title. The heading is political. The premiere is another row. Ludwig van Beethoven's documented role is: He tore out or struck the Bonaparte name after the imperial title.

## Context

Ries later told the title-page story. Sharing the politics with that report is required. Napoleon is not a colleague here. The setting of Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading is the public file around 1804-05-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver [political-polarization](/drivers/political-polarization) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Eroica, Bonaparte dedication at https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eroica-Symphony (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge Companion — Eroica politics at https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521580748 (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Eroica, Bonaparte dedication (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eroica-Symphony; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge Companion — Eroica politics (https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521580748; Cambridge University Press).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Eroica, Bonaparte dedication (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eroica-Symphony; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading on 1804-05-01. A withdrawn political dedication is a polarisation path in Viennese public music. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat the premiere as this torn heading. Napoleon is a counterpart, not an affiliate. Mixed effects of Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading are separate paths.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading under 1804-05-01 for Ludwig van Beethoven. Established: a sourced public record of Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading under 1804-05-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Beethoven withdraws the Bonaparte dedication of the Third Symphony as a public political heading. Naming Ludwig van Beethoven does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1804-05-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is political-polarization. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## People

- Ludwig van Beethoven: https://factrail.ai/people/ludwig-van-beethoven

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eroica-Symphony
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521580748

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/lvb-eroica-dedication