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Scriabin, Alexander : 2 Preludes Op.67

Work Overview

Music ID : 2601
Composition Year:1912 
Publication Year:1913
First Publisher:Jurgenson
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:prelude
Total Playing Time:3 min 00 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Saitoh, Noriko

Last Updated: May 1, 2008
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Composed between 1912 and the following year, the score was published in 1913.

No. 1: 5/8 time, Andante

The upper voice of this piece frequently employs chromatic movement, while the bass notes of the supporting chords feature a continuous succession of augmented fourths. Consequently, the piece is pervaded by a strong sense of eeriness.

No. 2: 4/8 time, Presto

This piece is based on a sonic structure similar to Messiaen's second mode of limited transposition. Against the eighth-note double stops in the right hand, the left hand consistently provides sixteenth-note triplets.

Writer: Saitoh, Noriko

Movements (2)

"Andante" Op.67-1

Total Performance Time: 2 min 00 sec 

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"Presto" Op.67-2

Total Performance Time: 1 min 00 sec 

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