Scriabin

American  

[skree-ah-bin, skryah-byin] / skriˈɑ bɪn, ˈskrjɑ bjɪn /

noun

1. Aleksandr Nikolaevich 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.

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Scriabin British  

/ ˈskrɪəbɪn, ˈskrjabin /

noun

1. 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)

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Scriabin

Scriabin leaves you with enough questions as it is, and here were more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

But after a few days of rehearsing and performing works by Ravel, Ligeti and Scriabin, Pintscher felt a deep connection with the ensemble.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

A live recording of concerts that year, featuring works by Strauss and Scriabin, was nominated for a Grammy.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022

The sonata ends, in the words of the wonderful Scriabin biographer Faubion Bowers, “with a nightmare march of Gothic visions, ghosts and distorted horrors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2020

Part of this contraption, looking dare I say it like something that has fallen off a stall at a fair, is preserved in the Scriabin Museum in Moscow.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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