Scriabin

[ skree-ah-bin; Russian skryah-byin ]

noun

1. A·le·ksan·dr Ni·ko·la·e·vich [al-ig-, zan, -der nik-, uh, -, lahy, -, uh, -vich, -, zahn, -, uh-lyi-, ksahn, -d, r, nyi-kuh-, lah, -yi-vyich], 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.

Scriabin

/ ˈskrɪəbɪn; ˈskrjabin /

noun

1. ScriabinAleksandr Nikolayevich18721915MRussianMUSIC: composer Aleksandr Nikolayevich (alɪkˈsandr nikaˈlajɪvitʃ). 1872–1915, Russian composer, whose works came increasingly to express his theosophic beliefs. He wrote many piano works; his orchestral compositions include Prometheus (1911)

Example Sentences

Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony add color and, courtesy of a perfumer at Cartier, scent to Scriabin’s ‘Prometheus.’

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Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony add color and, courtesy of a perfumer at Cartier, scent to Scriabin’s ‘Prometheus.’

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The San Francisco Symphony happened to be experimenting with scents in the concert hall for Scriabin’s “Prometheus, The Poem of Fire,” a 20-minute symphony that includes solo piano.

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Scriabin’s brain — as had, coincidentally, Messiaen’s — ascribed specific colors to specific harmonies.

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In “Prometheus,” Scriabin went so far as to include a part for “color organ,” a newly invented instrument that projected colored lights, in his 1910 score.

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