Alexander Scriabin
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Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin.Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin
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Aleksandr Nikolayevich Skryabin; sometimes transliterated as
Skriabin, Skryabin, or Scriabine) (6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December
1871]¨C27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist who
developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language. 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.
His music has been performed by musicians such as Sergei
Rachmaninoff, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Sviatoslav
Richter, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Andrei Gavrilov, Marc-Andr¨¦
Hamelin, Claudio Arrau and Vladimir Ashkenazy. 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.[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..." Leo Tolstoy once described Scriabin's music as "a
sincere expression of genius."[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 some decline in the middle of the 20th century. He has
consistently remained a favorite composer among pianists.[1]