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Scriabin
[ skree-ah-bin; Russian skryah-byin ]
noun
- A·le·ksan·dr Ni·ko·la·e·vich [al-ig-, zan, -der nik-, uh, -, lahy, -, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, uh-lyi-, ksahn, -d, r, nyi-kuh-, lah, -yi-vyich], 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
Scriabin
/ ˈskrɪəbɪn; ˈskrjabin /
noun
- ScriabinAleksandr Nikolayevich18721915MRussianMUSIC: composer Aleksandr Nikolayevich (alɪkˈsandr nikaˈlajɪvitʃ). 1872–1915, Russian composer, whose works came increasingly to express his theosophic beliefs. He wrote many piano works; his orchestral compositions include Prometheus (1911)
Example Sentences
The San Francisco Symphony happened to be experimenting with scents in the concert hall for Scriabin’s “Prometheus, The Poem of Fire,” a 20-minute symphony that includes solo piano.
It was time to smell Scriabin’s “Prometheus: The Poem of Fire.”
But after a few days of rehearsing and performing works by Ravel, Ligeti and Scriabin, Pintscher felt a deep connection with the ensemble.
We would go through Scriabin’s First Symphony, and then we would analyze it and check the harmonies and play it.
It’s very reflective music; you can feel in some places the influence of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, but that’s just fleeting moments.
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