Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skryabin (Russian: [СКР'АБИН] - [skR*@bin] - 7 sounds - Russian: [Р'], [R*] - soft russian [R]); sometimes transliterated as Skriabin, Skryabin, or Scriabine) (6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871]–27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist who developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Driven by a poetic, philosophical and aesthetic vision that bordered on the mystical, he can be considered the primary figure of Russian Symbolism in music. Russian Symbolism was an intellectual and Artistic movement predominant at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century

His music has been performed by musicians such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Sviatoslav Richter, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Andrei Gavrilov, Ruth Laredo, Marc-André Hamelin, Evgeny Kissin, Claudio Arrau and Vladimir Ashkenazy. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (ולדימיר הורוביץ Владимир Самойлович Горовиц Vladimir Samojlovič Gorovits; Володимир Самійлович Arthur Rubinstein KBE ( January 28 1887 &ndash December 20 1982) was a Polish - American pianist who is widely Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (Святосла́в Теофи́лович Рихтер Svjatoslav Teofilovič Rikhter) ( &ndash August 1, 1997) was Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky (or Sofronitzky, Russian: Владимир Владимирович Софроницкий Vladimir Sofronitskij; &ndash Andrei Gavrilov or Andrej Vladimirovič Gavrilov (in Russian Андрей Владимирович Гаврилов Andrej Vladimirovič Gavrilov (born Ruth Laredo (nee Meckler November 20, 1937, Detroit, Michigan - May 26, 2005, New York, New York Marc-André Hamelin, OC, CQ, (born September 5, 1961) is a French-Canadian Pianist and Composer. Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (Евге́ний И́горевич Ки́син Evge'nij I'gorevič Ki'sin) (born October Claudio Arrau León ( February 6, 1903 &ndash June 9, 1991) was a Chilean Pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy ( Russian: Владимир Давидович He also influenced composers like Olivier Messiaen, Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky, although Scriabin was reported to have disliked Prokofiev's and Stravinsky's music. Olivier Messiaen ( December 10 1908 &ndash April 27 1992 was a French Composer, organist and ornithologist. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to ^[1]

Scriabin stands as one of the most innovative and most controversial of composers. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia said of Scriabin that, "No composer has had more scorn heaped or greater love bestowed. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia ( Большая Советская Энциклопедия, or БСЭ; transliterated Bolshaya Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya . . " Leo Tolstoy once described Scriabin's music as "a sincere expression of genius. Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded "^[2]

Scriabin was highly regarded during his lifetime and his music has resurged in popularity in the last few decades after suffering a period of decline in the middle of the 20th century. He has consistently remained a favorite composer among pianists. ^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Childhood and education (1871-1893) 1.2 Career and later life (1894-1915) 2 Music 2.1 Style and musical influences 2.2 Philosophical influences 2.3 Influence of colour 2.4 Performers and legacy 3 Media 4 Eponym 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Biography

Childhood and education (1871-1893)

Scriabin was born into an aristocratic family in Moscow on Christmas Day 1871, according to the Julian Calendar (this translates to 1872-01-06 in the Gregorian Calendar). Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today The Scriabins had firm roots in the military. Indeed, his father and all of his uncles had military careers. ^[3] When he was only a year old, his mother, a concert pianist, died of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common After her death Scriabin's father completed tuition in Turkish language in St. Petersburg, subsequently becoming a diplomat and finally leaving for Turkey leaving the young infant with his grandmother, great aunt, and aunt. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Scriabin's father would later re-marry giving Scriabin a number of half brothers and sisters. His aunt, Lyubov (his father's unmarried sister), was an amateur pianist who documented Sacha's (as he was known) early life up until he met his first wife. As a child we are told Scriabin was frequently exposed to piano playing and anecdotal references describe him demanding his aunt to play for him. Apparently precocious, Sacha began building pianos after finding fascination with pianistic mechanisms. Pianos he did build were often given away by him to unsuspecting house guests. Lyubov portrays Scriabin as a very shy and unsociable with his peers, but appreciative of adult attention. Another Lyubov anecdote tells of Scriabin trying to conduct an orchestra composed of local children, an attempt that ended in frustration and tears. He would perform his own immature plays and operas with puppets to willing audiences. He studied the piano from an early age, taking lessons with Nikolay Zverev, a strict disciplinarian, who was teaching Sergei Rachmaninoff and a number of other prodigies at the same time, though Scriabin was not a pensionnaire like Rachmaninoff. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов ^[3] In the footsteps of his militaristic family, he attended the 2nd Moscow Cadet Corps. As a student Scriabin made friends with the actor Leonid Limontov, though in his memoirs, Limontov recalls his reluctance at making friends with Scriabin who was the smallest and weakest among all the boys and was sometimes teased because of this. ^[3] However, Scriabin won his peers' recognition and approval at a concert in which he performed piano. ^[3]

Scriabin later studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Anton Arensky, Sergei Taneyev, and Vasily Ilyich Safonov. The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им Anton Stepanovich Arensky (Антон Степанович Аренский ( –) was a Russian Composer of Romantic classical music, a Pianist Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (Pronounced Ta-'ñe-jəv (also Taneev or Taneiev, Russian: Сергей Иванович Танеев Sergej Ivanovič Vasily Ilyich Safonov ( Russian: Васи́лий Ильи́ч Сафо́нов Vasi'lij Ilji'č Safo'nov, also known as Wassily Safonoff) ( February He became a noted pianist despite his small hands that could barely grasp a ninth. In Music or Music theory a ninth is the Note nine Scale degrees from the root of chord (counting the root itself and also Feeling challenged by Josef Lhevinne, he seriously damaged his right hand while practicing Liszt's Don Juan Fantasy and Balakirev's Islamey. Josef Lhévinne ( 13 December 1874 &ndash 2 December 1944) was a Russian Pianist and piano teacher Réminiscences de Don Juan (S/G418 is an Operatic fantasy by Franz Liszt on themes from Don Giovanni by Mozart Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev ( Милий Алексеевич Балакирев, Milij Alekseevič Balakirev) ( 2 January 1837 Islamey an Oriental Fantasy is a fantasy for Piano by Russian Composer Mily Balakirev, written in September ^[4] His doctor said he would never recover, and he wrote his first large-scale masterpiece, the F-minor sonata, as a "cry against God, against fate. " In 1892, he graduated with the Little Gold Medal in piano performance, but did not complete a composition degree because of strong differences in personality and musical taste with Arensky (whose faculty signature is the only one absent from Scriabin's graduation certificate) and an unwillingness to compose pieces in forms that did not interest him. ^[3] Ironically, one requirement that he did complete, an E-minor fugue, became required learning for decades at the Conservatory. In Music, a fugue (ˈfjuːg is a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts, normally referred

Career and later life (1894-1915)

In 1894, Scriabin debuted as a pianist in St. Petersburg, performing his own works to positive reviews. In the same year, Mitrofan Petrovich Belaieff agreed to pay Scriabin to compose for his publishing firm, which included other notable composers such as Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov. Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay ^[3] This was followed by period of extensive touring, in Russia and abroad, culminating in a highly successful 1898 concert in Paris, where he performed with his recent wife, Vera Ivanova Isakovich. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The same year he became a professor of piano at the Moscow Conservatory. In this period he composed his cycle of etudes op. An étude (a French word meaning study) is an instrumental Musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty usually designed to provide practice 8, several sets of preludes, his first three piano sonatas, and his only piano concerto, among other works, mostly for piano. Usage of sonata The Baroque applied the term sonata to a variety of works though most works in the Baroque Period were fugues and toccatas The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra

Scriabin had several children, but eventually left his teaching position and his wife, courting Tatiana Fyodorovna Schloezer (Tatiana de Schloezer), a younger pupil. The break with Vera occurred when the composer had relocated to Switzerland. ^[3] With Schloezer, he had other children, including a son named Julian who composed several sophisticated pieces before drowning in a boating accident at age 11 in 1919. Julian Scriabin (Юлиан Александрович Скрябин 12 February 1908 – 22 June 1919) was the son of Russian composer

With the financial support of a wealthy sponsor, he spent several years traveling between Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium and America, working on more orchestral pieces, including several symphonies. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was also beginning to compose "poems" for the piano, a form with which he is particularly associated.

In 1907 he settled in Paris with his family and was involved with a series of concerts organized by the impressario Sergei Diaghilev, who was actively promoting Russian music in the West at the time. Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев / Sergei Pavlovich Dyagilev) also referred to as Serge, ( March 31,

In 1909 he returned to Russia permanently, where he continued to compose, working on increasingly grandiose projects. For some time before his death he had planned a multi-media work to be performed in the Himalayas, that would bring about the armageddon, "a grandiose religious synthesis of all arts which would herald the birth of a new world. In Christian mythology Armageddon ( Greek Αρμαγεδδων; also spelled Har-Magedon in some modern English translations also known as " ^[5] Scriabin left only sketches for this piece, Mysterium, although they were eventually made into a performable version by Alexander Nemtin. For other meanings see Mysterium (disambiguation Mysterium is an unfinished musical work by composer Alexander Scriabin. ^[6] The Mysterium was, psychologically speaking, a world Scriabin’s genius created to sustain its own evolution. ^[7]

Scriabin was small and reportedly frail, and a hypochondriac his entire life. Hypochondriasis (or hypochondria, sometimes referred to as health phobia) refers to an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness At the age of 43, he died in Moscow from septicemia, contracted as a result of a shaving cut or a boil on his lip. Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a Systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS caused ^[7]

Music

See also: List of compositions by Alexander Scriabin and Category:Compositions by Alexander Scriabin

Style and musical influences

Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano. Compositions by Alexander Scriabin. Piano Sonatas Scriabin wrote twelve sonatas for piano ten of which he published Etude Op 8 No 12 is a technical Etude for piano in D-sharp minor which was written by Alexander Scriabin in 1894 The earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin's and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the étude, the prelude, the nocturne, and the mazurka. An étude (a French word meaning study) is an instrumental Musical composition, most commonly of considerable difficulty usually designed to provide practice A prelude is a short piece of Music, which its form will vary from piece to piece A nocturne (from the French for "nocturnal" is usually a Musical composition that is inspired by or evocative of the Night. The mazurka is a stylized Polish Folk dance in Triple meter with a lively tempo that has a heavy accent on the third or second beat Scriabin's music gradually evolved over the course of his life, although the evolution was very rapid and especially long when compared to most composers. Aside from his earliest pieces, his works are strikingly original, the mid- and late-period pieces employing very unusual harmonies and textures. In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. In Music, texture is the overall quality of sound of a piece, most often indicated by the number of voices in the music and by the relationship between The development of Scriabin's voice and style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are composed in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new, original territory, the last five being written with no key signature. The Baroque keyboard sonata In the Baroque era the use of the term "sonata" generally referred to either the Sonata da chiesa ( Church sonata Romantic Music is a Musicological term referring to a particular period theory compositional practice and canon in European music history from about 1815 to 1910 In Musical notation, a key signature is a series of sharp or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating notes that are to be consistently Many passages in them can be said to be atonal, though from 1903 through 1908, "tonal unity was almost imperceptibly replaced by harmonic unity. Atonality in its broadest sense describes Music that lacks a tonal center, or key. " ^[8]

Aaron Copland praised Scriabin's thematic material as "truly individual, truly inspired", but criticized Scriabin for putting "this really new body of feeling into the strait-jacket of the old classical sonata-form, recapitulation and all" calling this "one of the most extraordinary mistakes in all music. Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. " ^[9] According to Samson the sonata-form of Sonata No. 5 has some meaning to the work's tonal structure, but in Sonata No. 6 and Sonata No. 7 formal tensions are created by the absence of harmonic contrast and "between the cumulative momentum of the music, usually achieved by textural rather than harmonic means, and the formal constraints of the tripartite mould. The fifth Piano sonata, Op 53 written by Alexander Scriabin in 1907 marks the end of his Romantic period and the beginning of his Atonal The Piano Sonata No 6, opus 62, by Alexander Scriabin, was composed in 1911 The seventh Piano sonata ( opus 64 written by Scriabin in 1911 is entitled " White Mass " " He also argues that the Poem of Ecstasy and Vers la flamme "find a much happier co-operation of 'form' and 'content'" and that later Sonatas such as Sonata No. 9 employ a more flexible sonata-form. Vers la flamme, Op 72 ( Toward the flame) is one of Alexander Scriabin 's last few pieces for Piano, written in 1914 The Piano Sonata No 9, opus 68, commonly known as the Black Mass Sonata, is one of the late Piano sonatas composed by Alexander Scriabin ^[8]

Philosophical influences

Scriabin was interested in Friedrich Nietzsche's übermensch theory, and later became interested in Theosophy. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist The Übermensch ( German; English: Overman, Superman) is a Concept in the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. This article is about the philosophy introduced by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Both would influence his music and musical thought. In 1909–10 he lived in Brussels, becoming interested in Delville's Theosophist movement and continuing his reading of Hélène Blavatsky. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Jean Delville ( January 19 1867 &ndash 1953 was a Belgian Symbolist painter, writer and Occultist. Elena Petrovna Gan (Елена Петровна Ган also Hélène, Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire — May 8 1891 London) better ^[8]

Theosophist and composer Dane Rudhyar wrote that Scriabin was "the one great pioneer of the new music of a reborn Western civilization, the father of the future musician", and an antidote to "the Latin reactionaries and their apostle, Stravinsky" and the "rule-ordained" music of "Schoenberg's group. Dane Rudhyar ( March 23, 1895, in Paris – September 13, 1985, in San Francisco) born Daniel Chennevière Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with The Second Viennese School is the term generally used in English -speaking countries to denote the group of Composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg " Scriabin developed his own very personal and abstract mysticism based on the role of the artist in relation to perception and life affirmation. His ideas on reality seem similar to Platonic and Aristotelian theory though much more ethereal and incoherent. The main sources of his philosophical thought can be found in his numerous unpublished notebooks, one in which he famously wrote "I am God". As well as jottings there are complex and technical diagrams explaining his metaphysics. Metaphysics is the branch of Philosophy investigating principles of reality transcending those of any particular science Scriabin also used poetry as a means in which to express his philosophical notions, though arguably much of his philosophical thought was translated into music, the most recognisable example being the messianistic 7th sonata 'white mass'.

Influence of colour

Though these works are often considered to be influenced by Scriabin's synesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another, it is doubted that Alexander Scriabin actually experienced this. Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae)—from the Ancient Greek (syn meaning "with" ^[10][11] His colour system, unlike most synesthetic experience, lines up with the circle of fifths: it was a thought-out system based on Sir Isaac Newton's Opticks. In Music theory, the circle of fifths (or '''circle of fourths''') shows the relationships among the twelve tones of the Chromatic scale, their corresponding Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements Opticks is a book written by English physicist Isaac Newton that was released to the public in 1704. Note that Scriabin did not, as far as his theory is concerned, recognize a difference between a major and a minor tonality of the same name (for example: c-minor and C-Major). Indeed, influenced also by the doctrines of Theosophy, he developed his system of Synesthesia toward what would have been a pioneering multimedia performance: his unrealized magnum opus Mysterium was to have been a grand week-long performance including music, scent, dance, and light in the foothills of the Himalayas that was to bring about the dissolution of the world in bliss. This article is about the philosophy introduced by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky For other meanings see Mysterium (disambiguation Mysterium is an unfinished musical work by composer Alexander Scriabin.

In his autobiographical Recollections, Sergei Rachmaninoff recorded a conversation he had had with Scriabin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov about Scriabin's association of colour and music. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay Rachmaninoff was surprised to find that Rimsky-Korsakov agreed with Scriabin on associations of musical keys with colors; himself skeptical, Rachmaninoff made the obvious objection that the two composers did not always agree on the colours involved. Both maintained that the key of D major was golden-brown; but Scriabin linked E-flat major with red-purple, while Rimsky-Korsakov favored blue. However, Rimsky-Korsakov protested that a passage in Rachmaninoff's opera The Miserly Knight supported their view: the scene in which the Old Baron opens treasure chests to reveal gold and jewels glittering in torchlight is written in D major. Scriabin told Rachmaninoff that "your intuition has unconsciously followed the laws whose very existence you have tried to deny. "

While Scriabin wrote only a small number of orchestral works, they are among his most famous, and some are frequently performed. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well They include three symphonies, a piano concerto (1896), The Poem of Ecstasy (1908) and Prometheus: The Poem of Fire (1910), which includes a part for a "clavier à lumières", also known as the Luce (italian for "Light"), which was a colour organ designed specifically for the performance of Scriabin's symphony. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. A piano concerto is a work written for Piano and Orchestra.See also Harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano Alexander Scriabin 's Symphony No 4 (opus 54 titled The Poem of Ecstasy ( Le Poème de l'extase) was written around 1905 Prometheus Poem of Fire, Opus 60 (1910 is a symphonic work by Russian Composer Alexander Scriabin for Piano, Orchestra The clavier à lumières (keyboard with lights or tastiéra per luce, as it appears in the score was a Musical instrument invented by Alexander Scriabin The clavier à lumières (keyboard with lights or tastiéra per luce, as it appears in the score was a Musical instrument invented by Alexander Scriabin It was played like a piano, but projected coloured light on a screen in the concert hall rather than sound. Light, or visible light, is Electromagnetic radiation of a Wavelength that is visible to the Human eye (about 400–700 Most performances of the piece (including the premiere) have not included this light element, although a performance in New York City in 1915 projected colours onto a screen. The City of New York It has erroneously been claimed that this performance used the colour-organ invented by English painter A. Wallace Rimington when in fact it was a novel construction personally supervised and built in New York specifically for the performance by Preston S. Miller, the president of the Illuminating Engineering Society.

Scriabin's original colour keyboard, with its associated turntable of coloured lamps, is preserved in his apartment near the Arbat in Moscow, which is now a museum dedicated to his life and works. "Arbat" redirects here For other uses see Arbat (disambiguation.

Performers and legacy

Pianists who have performed Scriabin to critical acclaim include Vladimir Sofronitsky, Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter. Vladimir Vladimirovich Sofronitsky (or Sofronitzky, Russian: Владимир Владимирович Софроницкий Vladimir Sofronitskij; &ndash Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (ולדימיר הורוביץ Владимир Самойлович Горовиц Vladimir Samojlovič Gorovits; Володимир Самійлович Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (Святосла́в Теофи́лович Рихтер Svjatoslav Teofilovič Rikhter) ( &ndash August 1, 1997) was Horowitz performed for Scriabin, in his home as an 11 year old child, and Scriabin had an enthusiastic reaction, but cautioned that he needed further training. ^[12] As an elderly man, Horowitz remarked that Scriabin was obviously crazy, because he had tics and could not sit still. ^[12] Despite Horowitz' assessment, Scriabin held the rapt attention of the musical world in Russia while he was alive. His funeral was attended by such numbers that tickets had to be issued. Prokofiev greatly admired the composer, and his Visions Fugitives bears great likeness to the Scriabinic tone and style. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Visions Fugitives are a series of short Piano pieces written by Russian Composer, Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953 between 1915 and 1917 Another admirer was the British-Parsi composer Sorabji who strenuously collected the obscure works of Scriabin whilst living in Essex as a youth. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji ( August 14, 1892 &ndash October 15, 1988) was a British Parsi Composer, music journalist Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common Sorabji promoted Scriabin even during the years when Scriabin's popularity had declined massively. Scriabin's great-great grandson Elisha Abas is a concert pianist who divides his time between New York and Israel. ^[13]

Media

In January 1910 Scriabin played in Moscow nine of his own compositions for Welte-Mignon and his playing was transcribed on piano rolls. M Welte & Sons Freiburg and New York was a manufacturer of Orchestrions organs and Reproducing pianos From 1832 until 1932 the firm produced mechanical A piano roll is the music Storage medium used to operate the Player piano, pianola or a Reproducing piano. The results have been played back and recorded:

Eponym

Asteroid 6549 Skryabin is named after the composer.

See also

• Synthetic chord
• Atonality
• Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Igor Stravinsky
• Romantic Music
• 20th century classical music

References

External links

• [1]
• www.kreusch-sheet-music.net – Free Scores by Alexander Scriabin
• Scriabin Society of America
• The mythical time in Scriabin by Lia Tomás
• Was Scriabin a Synaesthete? by B. Galeyev & I. Vanechkina
• Scriabin in Aspen No.2 on UBUWEB (A short biography by Faubion Bowers; four preludes and the tenth sonata available for download)
• ChopinMusic - Scriabin (Scriabin - Biography, Links, Discussion, Recordings, etc. Faubion Bowers was General Douglas MacArthur 's personal Japanese language Interpreter and Aide-de-camp during the American Occupation of )
• Scriabin's Sheet Music by Mutopia Project
• Free scores by Alexander Scriabin in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Alexander Scriabin discography at MusicBrainz
• Aleksandr Scriabin - MIDI files
• Alexander Scriabin Free Piano Scores
• Works by or about Alexander Scriabin in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Persondata
NAME	Scriabin, Alexander Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Skryabin, Scriabine, Skrjabin
SHORT DESCRIPTION	pianist, composer
DATE OF BIRTH	6 January 1872 [O.S. 26 December 1871]
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow, Russia
DATE OF DEATH	27 April 1915
PLACE OF DEATH	Moscow, Russia

The Mutopia project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of Free content Sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg 's library of public The Werner Icking Music Archive, often abbreviated WIMA, is a web archive of Public domain Sheet music. MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an Open content Music database WorldCat is a Union catalog which itemizes the collections of more than 10000 libraries which participate in the OCLC global cooperative Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

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