The Creature of Prometheus

Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung a weekly periodical covering the compositions of the day wrote about Beethoven calling him the basically the new man of German music this was due to the composition of the grand Concerto for the pianoforte played by and composed by Mr. Ludwig van Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AIr2ehN4_k other compositions gave him notability but was somewhat lackluster never the less they are beautiful pieces of work that only a master could write http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfwlj2rrzQ0; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OKg5OXkZtM with this type of music Beethoven was challenge by the aristocracy to addressed this kind of composition meaning the quartets, the powers that be were a driving force that shapes some of the music written. Like the culture of today the youth also had a major influence that drove how music was written when we think of the rebellion of youth this what compelled the master to write the ballad called “Creature of Prometheus” this made him a superstar of that day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d7PKI505aM