1. Beethoven’s World: Stendhal
Henri Beyle a.k.a Stendhal ( )
Social, Geographic and Emotional origins
Like Beethoven, Stendhal lived in the time of the great upheaval

6. Stendhal’s Day Job Napoleonic soldier and official Travels
Retreat from Moscow

8. Stendhal's Art
Early career as a writer: Vies de Haydn, Mozart et de Metastase (1815)
Travelogues
The Red and the Black (1830)/ Julien Sorel
The Charterhouse of Parma (1839)/Fabrice del Dongo
“Modern Realism”

9. Stendhal & Beethoven
Enlightenment
Napoleon
Individualism/ Freedom