Prelude in E minor, Op. 11, No. 4 (Scriabin)
Alexander Scriabin's Prelude in E minor, Op. 11, No. 4, composed in Moscow in 1888, was the first of the 24 preludes, Op. 11 written by Scriabin.[1] Intended originally as a ballade,[2] the piece was reworked to its present form and entitled Prelude.[3] Despite the fact that both hands have beautiful melodies indicated with tenutos in bars 1–3–9–11, and the alto voice in the 16, the one for the left hand seems to take the credit as the most beautiful between the two.[3] Tenths arpeggiated in bars 20–23 lead to the top note of the chord to fall on the beat.[3]
This composition's structural form is A (bars 1–8), A repeated (9–14), bridge (15–19), and coda (20–24),[3] being that the second phrase repeats the first a fourth lower.[4] It is 24 bars long with a Lento tempo marking, and it takes about two minutes to be played.
References[]
- ^ Lee, Hwa-Young (2006). Tradition and Innovation in the Twenty-Four Preludes, Opus 11, of Alexander Scriabin (PDF). University of Texas. p. 8.
- ^ Evgeniia Nikolaevna Rudakova, A. I. Kandinskiĭ (1984). Scriabin. Paganiniana Publications. p. 48. ISBN 9780866220064. OCLC 11735082.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Hinson, Maurice (2003). Anthology of Romantic Piano Music with Performance Practices in Romantic Piano Music: Book & DVD. Alfred Music Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 0739032879.
- ^ Adamenko, Victoria (2007). Neo-Mythologism in Music: From Scriabin And Schoenberg to Schnittke And Crumb. Pendragon Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-1576471258.
External links[]
- Preludes Op. 11 No. 4: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Scriabin - Prelude Op.11 No.4 performed by Evgeny Zarafiants on YouTube
- Scriabin Prelude, Op. 11, No. 4 in E Minor Keyscape analysis on Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University
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