Scriabin, Alexander
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1872-1915

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Born: 6 January 1872, Moscow, Russia
Died: 27 April 1915, Moscow, Russia

Scriabin  (Copyright 2001 Nadav Dafni)Scriabin, Alexander

His father destined a military career for him, and he attended a military academy, but he decided to be a composer and learned with Rachmaninoff in the same conservatoire in Moscow. At the beginning of his way, he was affected by Chopin, whom he admired. At the time, he wrote many etudes and nocturnes, but later on he developed an innovative approach and foggy harmony based on the whole-tones scaleScriabin - Deux poemes op.71. He created strange, fascinating music and even ordered, especially for his "Poema Ecstasa", a unique instrument called the "lights piano", showing on a canvas the diverse colored sound in the music. To some extent he searched for what is now known as "multimedia".

His symphonic works, such as the Third Symphony, are less often performed than the many piano pieces he composed, among which are the 24 Preludes, Op. 11Prelude Op.11 No.4 - Scriabin and the last 5 Piano Sonatas, but he is considered among the important composers of the 20th century.

He died at 44 years old, full of unfulfilled plans.



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