Dear Traveler,

Welcome to Eroica, Here you will encounter three worlds:

• fin de siecle Vienna shimmering
  on the banks of the Danube
  with a pallid light
  
• a strange mid-century mansion
  overlooking the lower Hudson River,
  still darkened by WWII
  
• The city of Manaus and a tribal compound
  on the upper Amazon early in the 21st century,
  sites of the ravaging of the great river
  

Each place has it's unique images and inhabitants, but each also is the stage for a familiar drama: the struggles of the artist of the new in conflict with a resistant culture.

More particularly, you will find in each place an innovative composer, the composer's lover, the composer's artistic friend, and an antagonist who represents the dominant culture.