Prometheus: Poem of Fire

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Prometheus: Poem of Fire, Opus 60 (1910), is a piece by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin for piano, orchestra, voice, and clavier à lumières, entitled "Chromola", an instrument invented by Preston Millar on the principle of Alexander Wallace Rimington's Color organ. However, the clavier à lumières is rarely featured in the performance of the piece, including performances during Scriabin's lifetime. The music is highly dissonant, based almost entirely around Scriabin's mystic chord. However, the piece ends on a more traditional F sharp major chord (Scriabin's favorite chord). Prometheus is only loosely based on the myth of Prometheus. A typical performance is about 20 minutes.ja:交響曲第5番 (スクリャービン)