Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (6 January 1872 – 27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist.

Quotes related to Scriabin

  • Scriabin always said that everything within his later compositions was strictly according to 'law.' He said that he could prove this fact. However, everything seemed to conspire against his giving a demonstration. One day he invited Taneyev and I to his apartment so he could explain his theories of composition. We arrived and he dilly-dallied for a long time. Finally, he said he had a headache and would explain it all another day. That 'another day' never came.
    • Faubion Bowers (1973), The New Scriabin, p.129. New York: St. Martin's Press.

  • Skryabin comes so close to the twelve-note system that it seems probable he would have taken it as the next logical step.
    • Ellon Carpenter, quoted in Faubion Bowers (1973), The New Scriabin, p.171. New York: St. Martin's Press.
 
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