Talk:Wellington's Victory

Article name
I think the article's name should be

Wellington's Victory (Beethoven)

Any comments? A Wang (talk/contrb.) 21:07, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Makes good sense.173.72.111.87 (talk) 00:05, 16 August 2013 (UTC)JamesMoriarty


 * No. There is no other article with a similar name with which this one might be confused.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  00:19, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

London railway stations (?)
Since the French did not like the London Terminus of their TGV at Waterloo, due to it reflecting their battle defeat there in 1805, there was some suggestions to change it to London Victoria (to be renamed Vitoria) instead. It actually moved to London St. Pancras in Nov 2007. The relivence to this work is that the defeat at Vi[t]toria still had a resonence in the 2000's

Deapthought 21:43, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Late vandalism
This article seems to be the object of repeated vandalism lately. I have no idea who does it, but I would like to ask him to find something useful to do instead. Ferred (talk) 07:17, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Whoops
This piece of music makes it clear that even the best composers can have a -really- bad day. Whoever vetted B's music must have been out of town that month. At least the 1812 overture has a memorable melody. This is more like musical shrapnel. Twang (talk) 18:47, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Omission of "La Marseillaise"
Beethoven may have elected to not use "La Marseillaise" to represent the French forces, as Tchaikovsky later did in the 1812 Overture, perhaps because playing "La Marseillaise" was considered treasonous in Vienna at the time.

We may note that "La Marseillaise" was not the French anthem under Napoléon, but rather the "Chant du départ". 2600:1702:6D0:5160:6DF7:430F:9628:6030 (talk) 17:22, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
 * It would be better to omit the sentence because it's unsourced speculation. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:37, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

Did it inspire Bill Conti for the composition of Rocky's theme ?
At the very beginning, the English trumpets (in E-flat) perform a short fanfare strangely similar to the introductory fanfare of Gonna Fly Now, the famous theme from Rocky Balboa. Is it pure coincidence?

link to performance on you tube
link to performance on you tube 2603:6000:B40A:1D00:5CC9:B778:64BC:3FE7 (talk) 19:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)