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(Al-yek-san’-der Skre-a’-bin) 1872–1915 Russian composer and pianist Scriabin’s early music, nearly all for piano, is close to Chopin, but his philosophical and religious views (he was influenced by Nietzsche and, more strongly, by theosophy) brought a rhapsodic and visionary quality that continued to intensify throughout his short life. Convinced that music has a religious power and ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

(An’-ton Stya-pa-no’-vech A-ren’-shke) 1861–1906 Russian composer and pianist Arensky studied with Rimsky-Korsakov at the St Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, but was also heavily influenced by Tchaikovsky whom he met, along with Taneyev, while he was working as professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Among his pupils were Rachmaninov, Glière and Alexander Scriabin. During a virtuoso career he held the ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

conception of some of his later works (Debussy’s own set of 12 Études is dedicated ‘à la mémoire de Frédéric Chopin’). Similarly, the early preludes and études of Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) are close in style to Chopin. Among Polish composers, Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) began by writing Chopinesque preludes and studies, before developing a more personal style. Recommended Recording: ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

illness forced him to spend more time in sanatoriums. He was in his lifetime the greatest Polish composer since Chopin, who influenced his earliest works. Affected by Debussy, Scriabin and his travels, his music then took on a florid and harmonically sumptuous character (the Second and Third Symphonies and his remarkable opera King Roger). In his latter years ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

opera Oresteia (1894), the masterly Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1898), dedicated to Glazunov, and much chamber music. An influential teacher, he included among his pupils Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Rachmaninov, Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924) and Glière. Recommended Recording: Piano Quintet, Piano Trio, Vadim Repin, Lynn Harrell, Mikhail Pletnev, et al (Deutsche Grammophon) Introduction ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

and was an influential teacher and musical administrator. Recommended Recording: Symphony No. 3, New York PO (cond) Leonard Bernstein (Sony) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Alexander Scriabin | Modern Era | Classical ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

embrace everything.’ Gustav Mahler Leading Exponents Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Gabriel Fauré Antonín Dvořák Edward Elgar Giacomo Puccini Gustav Mahler Hugo Wolf Richard Strauss Jean Sibelius Carl Nielsen Leoš Janáček Alexander Scriabin Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov Late Romantic Style Late Romantic compositions are defined by dramatic dynamics and extreme harmonies that sound as though they conflict. Introduction | Classical Music Styles & Forms ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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