Iii. Andante - Music

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. read less