The Creatures of Prometheus
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Performed by Leila Storch (oboe), William McColl (basset horn), and Anita Cummings (piano)
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The Creatures of Prometheus (German: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43, is a ballet composed in 1801 by Ludwig van Beethoven following the libretto of Salvatore Viganò. The overture to the ballet is part of the concert repertoire. Beethoven based the fourth movement of his Eroica Symphony and his Eroica Variations (piano) on the main theme of the last movement of the ballet.
[edit] Prometheus in other music compositions
- Prometheus: Poem of Fire, Op. 60 (1910) by Alexander Scriabin
- Prométhée: opera by Gabriel Fauré, 1910
- Prometheus: 1968 opera by Carl Orff, using Aeschylus's original Greek Prometheia
- Prometheus: symphonic poem by Franz Liszt, 1850
[edit] External links
- The Creatures of Prometheus: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
- The Creatures of Prometheus: A contemporary movie adaption
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