{"id":6624,"date":"2022-02-14T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.henle.de\/blog\/en\/?p=6624"},"modified":"2022-05-05T10:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T08:14:39","slug":"alexander-scriabin-1872-1815-on-his-150th-birthday-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.henle.de\/en\/2022\/02\/14\/alexander-scriabin-1872-1815-on-his-150th-birthday-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Scriabin (1872\u20131915) on his 150th birthday, part I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexander Scriabin (1872\u20131915)<\/p><\/div>\n

I admit that while typing the heading of this blog post, I had to take a quick look to make sure: Scriabin<\/a> is just 150 years old? But it\u2019s true. Hence, the Russian pianist and composer is only 2 years older than, for example, Arnold Schoenberg. Although I\u2019m fully aware that Scriabin\u2019s later compositions went beyond the boundaries of tonality, I would instinctively have placed him much further back in the 19th<\/sup> century than the founder of the 12-tone method.\u00a0 But here this post is not supposed to be about a comparison. My astonishment at his late date of birth serves as a good starting point for briefly reviewing the Scriabin editions previously published by G. Henle publishers and the change in style in the Russian composer\u2019s music. Scriabin \u2013 a romantic or a \u201cmodern\u201d?<\/p>\n

His Pr\u00e9ludes op. 11<\/a>, composed in 1895\/96, are still deeply rooted in the romantic soundscape. Comparisons are repeatedly made with Chopin\u2019s Pr\u00e9ludes op. 28, whether rightly or wrongly, everyone can decide for themselves. In any case, it is striking that Scriabin, like Chopin, organises his pieces according to the circle of fifths (and not chromatically as in Bach\u2019s Well-Tempered Clavier<\/em>). Despite many virtuoso numbers, this collection also contains a number of preludes suitable for playing within piano lessons as an ideal introduction to Scriabin\u2019s world of sound.<\/p>\n