The Performing Style of Alexander Scriabin |
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| Author:
| Leikin, Anatole |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7546-6021-7 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed, the listeners' responses were ecstatic. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. Scriabin recorded nineteen of his compositions on the Hupfeld and Welte-Mignon reproducing pianos in 1908 and 1910. Fifteen of the player-piano rolls remain, and Anatole Leikin here provides the first detailed transcriptions of the...
More DescriptionWhen Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed, the listeners' responses were ecstatic. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. Scriabin recorded nineteen of his compositions on the Hupfeld and Welte-Mignon reproducing pianos in 1908 and 1910. Fifteen of the player-piano rolls remain, and Anatole Leikin here provides the first detailed transcriptions of the rolls and focuses on an analysis of Scriabin's performing style within the broader context of Romantic performance practice.