Zur Namensfeier day in 1814, he was unable to finish it in time, so he set aside work on it until the following spring. The theme at the beginning is related to that which he used to set Schiller's Ode to Joy in his Ninth Symphony nine years later. In spite of its late opus number, it is a middle-period composition. Beethoven used ideas which he had sketched between 1810 and 1814; his earliest "late period" compositions are usually dated to 1816. Zur Namensfeier Zur Namensfeier (French: "", English: "Feastday" or "Name day"), Op. 115, is a symphonic overture in C major
The Creatures of Prometheus 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. The ballet requires the use of harp and basset-horn among the orchestral instruments. The Creatures of Prometheus 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