Beethoven and Tsar Aleksandr

Thirteen years earlier, in 1802, Beethoven like the rest of Europe was in awe of the dashing young Tsar, Alexander 1st, who had come to power in the year before. ... In the following year Tsar Alexander came to Vienna, where he was feted as a hero, lionized both as a soldier and the epitome of the modern monarch. Beethoven dedicated his Three Sonatas for piano with violin, Op 30 to him. - Beethoven and Tsar Aleksandr. A Polonaise.