Op 32 scriabin biography summary

Scriabin was born in Moscow. He studied the piano from an early age, taking lessons with Nikolay Zverev who was teaching Sergei Rachmaninoff at the same time. He became a noted pianist despite his small hands with a span of barely over an octave at one point he actually damaged his hand from practicing pieces which required greater hand spans.

Skryabin death

Scriabin, previously interested in Nietzsche 's ubermensch theory, also became interested in theosophy , and both would influence his music and musical thought. Theosophist and composer Dane Rudhyar wrote that Scriabin was 'the one great pioneer of the new music of a reborn Western civilization, the father of the future musician,' Rudhyar b, and an antidote to 'the Latin reactionaries and their apostle, Stravinsky ' and the 'rule-ordained' music of ' Schoenberg 's group.

A hypochondriac his entire life, Scriabin died in Moscow from septicemia. This piece, Mysterium , was never realized. He was related to Vyacheslav Molotov , the Russian politician and eponym of the Molotov cocktail. Molotov's original surname was Scriabin. Pianists who have performed Scriabin to critical acclaim include Vladimir Sofronitzky and Vladimir Horowitz.

Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano ; the earliest pieces resemble Frederic Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude , the prelude and the mazurka.