George Bridgetower dear fellow!"). Beethoven also presented Bridgetower with his tuning fork, now held by the British Library. The pair fell out soon afterwards, Bridgetower having insulted a woman who turned out to be Beethoven's friend; Beethoven broke off all relations with Bridgetower and changed the dedication of the new violin sonata to the violin virtuoso Rudolphe Kreutzer, who never played it, saying that it had already been performed once and was too difficult — the piece is now known as the "Kreutzer Sonata". The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Rita Dove dramatized the relationship between Beethoven and Bridgetower in the book-length lyric narrative
William Kreutzer Jr. in from the right side of the Brigade Staff assault line as Kreutzer fled through the woods. When Kreutzer turned to fire at them, he was tackled to the ground by two of the SF soldiers who had sought cover in the woods but suddenly found Kreutzer in the middle of their hiding position. CPT Bricker and 1LT Lewis aided in his take-down and later searched Kreutzer and removed him from the woods to a position near Bastogne Rd. where Military Police later secured him. Several SF soldiers were awarded the Soldier's Medal as were Majors Badger (posthumously) and Lo