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  • Beethoven,
  • Readings,
• 20/01/2023

Human Fire

For the Eroica / Prometheus Variations, here played by Asita Korepanova, Beethoven borrowed a theme of his Prometheus ballet, about the hero who stole fire from the gods.

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