작곡가

:   Ludwig van Beethoven (루트비히 판 베토벤)

장르

:  

Ballet

스타일

:  

Ballet

작곡년도

:   1800 - 1801

평균연주

:   59:42

악장

1

Overture. Adagio - Allegro molto con brio

5:14

2

Introduction. La tempesta. Allegro non troppo

2:04

3

Act 1 : Poco Adagio

3:04

4

Act 1 : Adagio - Allegro con brio

2:23

5

Act 1 : Allegro vivace

1:58

6

Act 2 : Maestoso - Andante

1:21

7

Act 2 : Adagio - Andante quasi Allegretto

7:22

8

Act 2 : Un poco Adagio - Allegro

1:39

9

Act 2 : Grave

4:38

10

Act 2 : Allegro con brio

6:39

11

Act 2 : Adagio

3:39

12

Act 2 : Pastorale. Allegro

2:47

13

Act 2 : Coro di Gioja. Andante

0:44

14

Act 2 : Solo di Gioja. Maestoso

3:03

15

Act 2 : Terzettino Grotteschi. Allegro

3:39

16

Act 2 : Solo della Cassentini. Andante

5:05

17

Act 2 : Solo di Viganó. Andantino

4:42

18

Act 2 : Finale. Allegretto

5:58

The Creatures of Prometheus (), Op. 43, is a ballet composed in 1801 by Ludwig van Beethoven following the libretto of Salvatore Viganò. The ballet premiered on 28 March 1801 at the Burgtheater in Vienna and was given 28 performances. It is the only full length ballet by Beethoven. For Act I of this ballet, Beethoven wrote an Overture and an Introduction, followed by these three numbers:

• No. 1 Poco Adagio
• No. 2 Adagio - allegro con brio
• No. 3 Minuetto

For Act II, he wrote another 13 numbers:

• No. 4 Maestoso
• No. 5 Adagio
• No. 6 Un poco Adagio
• No. 7 Grave
• No. 8 Allegro con brio
• No. 9 Adagio
• No. 10 Pastorale
• No. 11 Andante
• No. 12 Maestoso
• No. 13 Allegro
• No. 14 Andante
• No. 15 Andantino
• No. 16 Finale

According to musicologist Lewis Lockwood, Beethoven’s music for this ballet is "easier and lighter than music for the concert hall…[I]t shows Beethoven exploiting instruments and coloristic orchestral effects that would never appear in his symphonies or serious dramatic overtures." Beethoven later based the fourth movement of his Eroica symphony and his Eroica Variations (piano) on the main theme of the last movement (Finale) of this ballet.

See also

• Prometheus in other musical works

References

1. ^ “Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827), The Creatures of Prometheus, Ballet Op. 43, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz”, back cover (1995).
2. ^ Lockwood, Lewis. Beethoven: The Music and the Life, pp. 149-150 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2005).

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