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Alexander Scriabin

Born

in Moscow, Russian Empire

December 25, 1871

Died

April 14, 1915

Genre

Music, Spirituality

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[alternate spelling: Alexander Skrjabin]

Alexander Nikolayevich Skrjabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин) was a Russian composer and pianist. In his early years he was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and wrote works in a relatively tonal, late Romantic idiom. Later, and independently of his highly influential contemporary, Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed a substantially atonal and much more dissonant musical language, which accorded with his personal brand of metaphysics. Scriabin was influenced by synesthesia, and associated colours with the various harmonic tones of his atonal scale, while his colour-coded circle of fifths was also influenced by theosophy. He is considered by some to be the main Russian Symb ...more

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Average rating: 4.56 · 52 ratings · 2 reviews · 247 distinct works

	The Complete Preludes and Etudes for Pianoforte Solo (Dover Classical Piano Music) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Piano Sonatas (Dover Classical Piano Music) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus: Poem of Fire: In Full Score 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mazurkas, Poemes, Impromptus and Other Pieces for Piano (Dover Classical Piano Music) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scriabin -- Selected Works it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scriabin Masterpieces for Solo Piano (Dover Music for Piano) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nocturne in D-flat Major, No. 2 from "Two Pieces for Left Hand," Op. 9 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Preludes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le poème de l'extase Opus 54 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Preludes Op. 11 (English, French and German Edition) by Alexander Scriabin, Valentina Rubcova it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alexander Scriabin (?)

“I am a moment illuminating eternity....I am affirmation...I am ecstasy.”
― Scriabin

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“Whatever may be my activity in a given moment (whether I am composing, or whether I am making love . . .), I feel pleasure if there is an obstacle placed in my path but one not greater than my ability to overcome. If circumstances paralyze my energy, I suffer. From this point of view, pleasure and pain accompany every moment of our life, even if we try to disregard them.”
― Alexander Scriabin

tags: pain, pleasure

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