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HALL OF THE TROPHIES
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Charles D.L. Avocat
Hellénide sur le siège et le triomphe de Missolonghi
Se vend au profit des Grecs
A Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés. Mai 1826 Library of the Hellenic Parliament
THIS TEN-PAGE POETRY BOOK was published in May 1826, in the wake of the heroic sortie from Missolonghi, by H. Fournier in Paris. Ac- cording to the title, it was sold for the benefit of the Greek cause; the proceeds of sale would support the
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Joseph Ludwig von Armansperg (attributed) March of the Guard of Missolonghi, ca. 1830
handwritten musical score, 43 sheets (23 × 31 cm)
inscribed (title): Marsch der Besatzung von Missolunghi (top, on first page) Hellenic Parliament Art Collection, inv. n. 872
THE MUSIC COMPOSITION March of the Missolonghi Guard was originally released in the wake of the fall of the town as a work by none other than Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827).
A more likely attribution, however, is to the Bavarian Joseph Ludwig, Graf von Armansperg (1787-1853), Regent of underage Otto (1833-35). The score of the March here is in manuscript form; it was also published in print around 1829-33 in Karlsruhe by C. Wagner under the title Drey griechische Maersche für das Piano Forte/L. von A./der Erlös ist den unglückli- chen Griechen geweiht/Carlsruhe Lith. von C. Wagner.
Greek War and provide relief to Missolonghi. Though Missolonghi fell, the otherwise unknown author, Charles D.L. – probably an amateur, as he states he is a lawyer – praises the brave, tortured town and the courage and spirit of sacrifice of its inhabitants.
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