Scriabin, Aleksandr (Nikolayevich)
- Scriabin, Aleksandr (Nikolayevich)
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born Jan. 6, 1872, Moscow, Russia
died April 27, 1915, Moscow
Russian composer and pianist.
He studied piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory and then launched a successful concert career.
His early music was mostly for piano (
including études,
preludes,
and sonatas)
but also included two symphonies and a piano concerto.
After 1900 he was much preoccupied with mystical philosophy and began using unusual harmonies,
producing a third symphony and the Divine Poem (
1904).
He became involved in theosophy,
which provided the basis for the orchestral Poem of Ecstasy (
1908)
and Prometheus (
1910);
the latter called for the projection of colours onto a screen during the performance.
No longer thinking in terms of music alone,
he made sketches for a huge operatic ritual,
Mysterium,
which was never composed.
Aleksandr Scriabin.
Novosti Press Agency
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Universalium.
2010.
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