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Scriabin, Alexander : Sonata for Piano No. 3 fis-moll Op.23

Work Overview

Music ID : 82
Composition Year：1897　
Publication Year：1898
First Publisher：Belaïev
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：sonata
Total Playing Time：19 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: May 1, 2007
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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.

This work was begun in 1897 in Paris, where Scriabin was on his second concert tour. This was around the time he became engaged to Vera, a pianist who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. However, this marriage was opposed by his family and patrons, and it is said that Scriabin's despair is reflected in the work.

It is a four-movement work in a slow, fast, slow, fast tempo scheme. The tense theme of the first movement reappears in the intense concluding section of the fourth movement. Furthermore, the third movement features a beautiful melody, which was also described as the stars singing.

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Movements (4)

Mov.1 Drammatico

Total Performance Time: 6 min 00 sec 

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Mov.2 Allegretto

Total Performance Time: 2 min 30 sec 

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Mov.3 Andante

Total Performance Time: 4 min 30 sec 

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Mov.4 Presto con fuoco

Total Performance Time: 6 min 00 sec 

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