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Egmont

Egmont or Egmond may refer to the following:

  • The play is probably less well known today than the Egmont overture that Ludwig van Beethoven wrote for it. He also wrote incidental music for the entire play, but only the overture is performed with any frequency today. Beethoven was late in finishing the piece, only completing his music in time for the third performance of the drama.
  • Egmont was and is one of Scandinavias leading media groups, founded in 1878.

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