Prometheus Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Earl Slocum)

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General Info

Year: 1801/ 1987
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: TRN Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $90.00   |   Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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 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.

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."

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Dallas Wind Symphony (Howard Dunn, conductor)

State Ratings

• Georgia: V
• Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
• Louisiana: V
• Tennessee: VI

Performances

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Works for Winds by this Composer

• Allegretto (ar. Longfield) (1812/2011)
• Coriolan Overture (tr. Hanna)
• Drei zapfenstreiche
• Écossaise for Military Band (arr. Stalter) (1810/2015)
• Egmont Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1810/1924)
• Egmont Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1810/197-?)
• Egmont Overture (arr. Tobani) (1810/1900)
• The European Anthem (arr. Karajan) (1824/1972)
• Five Short Pieces for Wind Ensemble (arr. Reynolds) (1975)
• Für Elise (arr. Korson) (1810/1867/20--?)
• Heavens Resound, The
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (arr.Kirkland)
• March in F (arr. Dunnigan) (1809/1995)
• Military March (Beethoven) (adapt. Greissle) (1945)
• Octet
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (arr. Odom) (1795/2019)
• Prometheus Overture (arr. Slocum) (1801/1987)
• Quintet in E-flat Major, Op 16
• Rondino (1793/195-?)
• Scherzo from "Symphony No 9" (arr. Bocook) (1824/2004)
• Siegess­in­fonie
• Symphony No 1 in C Major (trans. Schmitt; ed. Marlow) (1800/1817/2007)
• Symphony No. 5 (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1921)
• Symphony No. 7, Op. 92, Mvmt III Presto (Scherzo)
• Symphony No. 9 in D minor (tr. Vives) (1822-1824/2013)
• Three Equale
• Turkish March (arr. Rondeau) (1809/2011)
• Turkish March (arr. Curnow) (1809/2001)
• The Yorck Marche. See: March in F

Resources

• Beethoven, L.; Slocum, E. (1987). Prometheus: Overture [score]. TRN Music Publisher: Ruidoso, N.M.
• The Creatures of Prometheus, Wikipedia Accessed 18 May 2018