Scriabin

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This paper focuses on Alexander Scriabin as a pianist, compose,r and mystic. It addresses his early, middle, and late periods. As a Russian composer ,he pushed the realms of atonality further than any before him. Yet, despite his achievements, Scriabin's place in the annals of Western music is relatively minor and oft debated, mostly due to the fact that few, if any, composers ever followed in his path. The paper focuses on the transformation of his music throughout his life, as well as some of the compositional devices he employed in his works.

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"In discussing Scriabin's place in Western music, it is necessary to discuss the completely unique compositional idiom that he developed. By far the most remarkable thing about Scriabin's music is the nature of his harmonies. The dissonant tritone dominates all of his chords in the late music, and almost never receives resolution."

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