The New Scriabin: Enigma And Answers
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Few composers have provoked as much fascination, controversy, and mystical devotion as Alexander Scriabin, the Russian pianist-composer whose music and philosophy challenged the very foundations of Western tonality. The New Scriabin: Enigma and Answers by Faubion Bowers — introduced by the legendary pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy — presents a penetrating reassessment of Scriabin's life, his theosophical obsessions, and the radical harmonic language that defined his later works. Bowers chronicles the composer's meteoric rise in fin-de-siècle Russia, his intoxicating blend of mysticism and music, and the enduring questions that surround his legacy with the authority of a scholar who knew Scriabin's world intimately. Bowers writes with a rare combination of musicological rigour and biographical warmth, situating Scriabin within the turbulent cultural landscape of early 20th-century Europe while arguing passionately for his rightful place among the great innovators of modern music. The result is a work that illuminates not only the man behind the myth, but the strange, visionary universe his music inhabits — leaving the reader to wonder whether Scriabin was a prophet ahead of his time, or an enigma that can never be fully solved.
Author: Faubion Bowers
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, David & Charles
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
Few composers have provoked as much fascination, controversy, and mystical devotion as Alexander Scriabin, the Russian pianist-composer whose music and philosophy challenged the very foundations of Western tonality. The New Scriabin: Enigma and Answers by Faubion Bowers — introduced by the legendary pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy — presents a penetrating reassessment of Scriabin's life, his theosophical obsessions, and the radical harmonic language that defined his later works. Bowers chronicles the composer's meteoric rise in fin-de-siècle Russia, his intoxicating blend of mysticism and music, and the enduring questions that surround his legacy with the authority of a scholar who knew Scriabin's world intimately. Bowers writes with a rare combination of musicological rigour and biographical warmth, situating Scriabin within the turbulent cultural landscape of early 20th-century Europe while arguing passionately for his rightful place among the great innovators of modern music. The result is a work that illuminates not only the man behind the myth, but the strange, visionary universe his music inhabits — leaving the reader to wonder whether Scriabin was a prophet ahead of his time, or an enigma that can never be fully solved.