Poem Of Ecstasy And Prometheus. Orchestra. Score: In Full Score - Softcover

Alexander Scriabin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486284611 ISBN 13: 9780486284613

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1900

Synopsis

In the early years of our century, when vital new forces were revolutionising the arts, Russian-born Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) was one of the visionary pioneers who sought a new musical language. At least a fulldecade before the advances of Stravinsky and Schoenberg, Scriabin had begun the process of a complete break with all musical conventions. By 1905 he was immersed in a search for a way to express, in sound, the mysticaland theosophical ideas obsessed him.

Scriabin’s last two orchestral works were the products of a virtual delirium of composing. Simultaneously refining his poem called Poem of Ecstasyandcompleting the symphony that grew out of it (and shared its name), Scriabin never forgot the rapture of composing this work about creation and self-fulfilment: “I gasp for breath, but oh, what bliss! The very meterkindles the meaning…”

Prometheus: Poem of Fire – Scriabin’s last and most revolutionary symphony – portrays Man’s epic journey from the mists of beginning timeto a wonderous self-realisation, given the gift of fire and light to make creative vision possible. Massively scored, Prometheus incorporates a “colour Organ” to bathe the performance space in a vast interplay ofcoloured lights.

For the music professional and every student of composition, orchestration and conducting, both scores are strikingly original and instructive. Equally fascinating are Scriabin’s approach tocomposition, the extraordinary sonorities of his orchestra and his fanciful, often supercharged, performance instructions that replace conventional words for tempo, mood and expression.

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About the Author

Russian-born Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) ranks among the most innovative and controversial of the early modern composers. Tolstoy described his music as "a sincere expression of genius," and his works exercised a significant influence on Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and other composers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1900
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486284611
• ISBN 13: 9780486284613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208