In his entire career Beethoven composed only one ballet music, The Creatures of Prometheus. The first performance of the Prometheus ballet was on March 28, 1801, in Vienna. Beethoven wrote an overture, an introduction, fifteen numbers and a finale. The Creatures of Prometheus (German: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus) ballet was the creation of dancer, composer, and choreographer Salvatore Vigano. Vigano …
Count Waldstein, a German nobleman and patron of arts, in March of 1791 during Bonn’s Carnival season, organized an event for which he needed a ballet play. The Count was the most influential early supporter of young Beethoven. He was a lover of music and arts, an amateur pianist and composer. His initial idea was to commission a ballet music, …
The Archduke Trio is considered by many as the most beautiful piano trio Beethoven ever composed. It is also a turning point in his life as a public performer. In this article we explore this composition and its history. The Archduke Trio (Op. 97) (in German Erzherzog-Trio or Erzherzogtrio) was composed by Beethoven from the summer of 1810 and …
The Egmont Overture is the first song in the incidental music for a play created from Goethe’s Egmont. Beethoven composed the music between 1809-1810 in Vienna and it was premiered on 15 June 1810. It represents one of the last pieces from Beethoven’s middle period. The plot of Goethe’s Egmont It is set in the sixteenth century Netherlands, when …
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55, by Ludwig van Beethoven, known as Eroica, is a work considered by many to be the dawn of musical romanticism, since it breaks several schemes of the traditional classical symphony. It was initially dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte. Ludwig Van Beethoven is considered as one of the most influential composers in history …
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy is based on a simple musical theme, yet it has magic beyond words! Not only grabs the heart, but its message represents everything humanity should stand and fight for! This article will uncover both the poem and the music. Ode to Joy The Ode to Joy (An die Freude) is an ode composed by the …