Talk:Egmont (Beethoven)

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~Kylu ( u | t )  06:52, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Overture of Egmont @lvbeethoven.com

Auschwitz reference
I moved the following text from the article to the talk page.
 * This﻿ was played during the selection on the ramp at Auschwitz when Jews were sent either to the left or right meaning life or instant death... This was confirmed in Arthur Dodd's book "Spectator in Hell".

Does a reference to this belong here? Its usage here doesn't seem to have any connection to Goethe's play. If anything its usage by the Nazi's is highly ironic. I moved it here in case anyone wanted to discuss it because its subject is more weighty than the usual trivia reference.DavidRF (talk) 20:46, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Darksider says:

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 reference
This music intertwined with the history of Hungary in the 20th century. Was often played by the Free Hungarian Radio, from Budapest in those days between 23rd October and 4th November 1956, in the hope of national freedom, and to win against the Soviet regime. Thus later became a real historical symbol of these events, besides the Hungarian flag cut-out the communist coat-of-arms, for decades, until our days. When the Communists came to power again, they banned to play this in the radio, later in the TV too (the TV broadcastings here became regular only in 1957), and on all public music stages. After 1990, at the fall of communism, it is used for commemorations, festivities, and on the other hand as background music for audio history and filmed documents about the 1956 period. I hope, my example of the later use much better than a Nazi joke.

Greetings Darksider — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.131.86.49 (talk) 19:49, 4 August 2013 (UTC)