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Friday, August 8, 2003

Beethoven Was Austrian, Mozart Was German?


By Dan Martin

The Austrians have no right to complain about the Germans claiming Mozart as one of their own.  I'm in Austria right now.  Two days ago I heard a prominent Austrian claim that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian. Whatever makes you sleep well at night, right?


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