Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin or Aleksandr Scriabin (Russian: Александр Н… Read Full Bio ↴Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin or Aleksandr Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин; 1872-1915, Moscow) was a Russian composer and pianist.
Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano; the earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. Later works, however, are strikingly original, employing very unusual harmonies and textures. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory.
Scriabin has been often considered to have had synaesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another; it is most likely, however, that Alexander Scriabin did not actually experience this. His thought-out system of relating musical notes to colours lines up with the circle of fifths. Prometheus: Poem of Fire includes a part for a 'clavier à lumières' (keyboard of lights) though this is not often featured in performances.
Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano; the earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. Later works, however, are strikingly original, employing very unusual harmonies and textures. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory.
Scriabin has been often considered to have had synaesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another; it is most likely, however, that Alexander Scriabin did not actually experience this. His thought-out system of relating musical notes to colours lines up with the circle of fifths. Prometheus: Poem of Fire includes a part for a 'clavier à lumières' (keyboard of lights) though this is not often featured in performances.
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12 Etudes Op. 8 : No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
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Jack tom Chang
I've been working through Mozkowski's "Dexterity and Style" No. 11, and this would be a perfect complement to that piece. Thank You!
MikeBenza
Stunning performance! Wonderful mate!
En blanc et noir
hey thanks so much! Im flattered, as I normally don't upload performances of original pieces. :D
Carlos Jr
Gosh, this music is just intriguing and looking at the fingers movements it is as if you are in a coordinated "battle" against left and right hand where the result is a mesmerizing melody. Too bad I do not have the required motor coordination to play the piano, let alone such piece! In any case, one must feel really great playing it.
En blanc et noir
haha alright! The score looks cool as well, doesn't it?
Gabriela Koch
✨🔥✨🔥✨
Jürgen Bürgen
I guess, you like Preludes a lot? Its beautiful.
En blanc et noir
guessed right! :D
Nordic Mind
Your channel deserves more subscribers.
May I ask if you know any book that explains the harmonic language of late-romanticism? The only one that I'm aware of is The Study of Harmony by Diether de la Motte which covers only the basics.
En blanc et noir
Many Thanks! :D
LOL is there actually an english translation of the de la Motte? I have this book and fore sure this is totally outdated.
Well there are tons of books on that topic... Especially from the early 20th century that try an up to date approach of their time e.g. the "Harmonielehre" by Thuille/Louis that is very thorough and covers literally any aspect of romantic harmony - but I think I'm the wrong to ask because I'm sceptical towards learning harmony from books. Most compositional/improvisational knowledge I gathered so far comes pretty much exclusively from studying original scores and trying to coneptualize it by myself, from jamming at the piano and a lot from just listening to music - and I say this as conservatory theory lecturer. Sounds strange, right? I'd say the German music theory scene isn't really keen about text books in general especially since the "historical turn" of music theory in the 2000s.
Though, there are some recent textbooki-ish good ones on baroque music - but not as far as I know not on romantic harmony and I doubt that there's somebody working on such a thing - but what do I know!?