Comparing Count Dietrichstein's Argument With The Standards Of Music

The Eroica movie describes Beethoven as an easily riled person who considers himself equal to the nobility of Austria and Hungary. It gives no hints of mental disorders or long periods of internal emotional conflict, beyond his amorous designs for the Countess. Solomon’s account provides more detail. At the Lobkowitz’s palace, the movie presents Count Dietrichstein as a reactionary naysayer, a pompous noble, who lacks an appreciation for Beethoven’s genius . However, Dietrichstein’s view is consistent with the standards of music that were widely held at the time. Looking back, it’s easy to judge someone for not recognizing a musical genius; however, no modern analyst spent their life inside the musical ecosystem of the eighteenth century.