The creatures of Prometheus : op. 43 : the complete ballet music / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Standardized Title:

Geschöpfe des Prometheus

Subjects (All):

Ballets--Scores.

Ballets.

Orchestral music--Scores.

Orchestral music.

Genre:

Ballets (Music)

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 score (162 pages) : facsimile ; 31 cm

Full score.

Place of Publication:

Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, 2002.

Summary:

Written early in Beethoven's career on a commission from the Viennese court's ballet-master, The Creatures of Prometheus draws upon a creation myth for its inspiration. The ballet recounts the ancient story of the demigod Prometheus, who molds humans both literally, from clay, and intellectually, by endowing them with gifts of art and science -- an irresistible scenario for Beethoven's Enlightenment sensibilities. The theme for the ballet's finale reappeared later in the composer's "Eroica" Symphony, as well as Eroica Variations for piano solo. Other aspects of this work, starting with a thunderstorm portraying Zeus's wrath, demonstrate the sudden key changes, tonal shifts, and unexpected tense episodes characteristic of Beethoven's style. Musicians and music lovers will want to add this authoritative score their libraries. Noted scholar Stanley Appelbaum has provided comprehensive notes to this edition clarifying the historical and musical background of this unusual work.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published as No. 11 in Series 2 of Breitkopf & Härtel's complete works edition, Ludwig van Beethovens Werke [1864].

Preface in English.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0486424375

OCLC:

51037122