Une Vie De Gloire Et De Souffrance: Le Mythe De Beethoven Sous La Troisieme Republique

France's Third Republic misrepresented Beethoven when it turned him into a character whose values were foundational in the construction of the nation's identity. This myth is found in a vast body of Beethovenian literature, which borrows from epic and hagiographic literature as much as it does from popular literature.