Alexander Scriabin

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January 6, 1872 - April 27, 1915, he died aged 43 and was Russian.
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Birthname: Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin. Alternative names: Александр Николаевич Скрябин.
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An Artist with 69 releases, and credited 9 times on others' music. 42 collaborations.

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Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (, Aleksandr Nikolajevič Skrjabin; variously transliterated as Skriabin, Skrjabin, Skryabin, or Scriabine, -27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin. Quite independently from the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed, via mysticism, an increasingly atonal musical language that presaged 12-tone composition and other serial music. He may be considered to be the primary figure among the Russian Symbolist composers.

Scriabin influenced composers like Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Roslavets, and Igor Stravinsky, although Scriabin was reported to have disliked Prokofiev's and Stravinsky's music.

Scriabin stands as one of the most innovative and most controversial of early modern composers. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia said of Scriabin that, "No composer has had more scorn heaped or greater love bestowed..." Leo Tolstoy once described Scriabin's music as "a sincere expression of genius."

Scriabin was highly regarded during his lifetime and has consistently remained a favorite composer among pianists.

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Chamber Music, Classical, Ballet, Opera. Vote on Genres

Discography

78 releases – 69 under his own name and 9 credits on others' music Edit
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