Transcendent Sounds: The Early Piano Music of Alexander Scriabin

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dc.contributor.authorWhitehead, Laura Lynn
dc.contributor.supervisorFillion, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-03T15:35:34Z
dc.date.available2014-04-03T15:35:34Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-04-03
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Musicen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies of Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) have traditionally focused on his middle- and late-period music after 1902. Discussions of his personal philosophy and its impact on his music also concentrate on these two periods. This thesis examines Scriabin’s philosophy and piano music from a sub-section of his early period—1892 to 1897—that I designate his “formative” period. I argue that Scriabin’s eccentric belief in transcendence through music was already developing and influencing his music during his formative period. Evidence to support this theory is found in three areas: context, performance practice and analysis. A contextual evaluation of Scriabin’s formative years is compared against his late ideologies from his opera and the Mysterium. Scriabin’s performance practices, as seen in both first-hand documentation and his piano roll recordings, reveal possible philosophical performance traits. Analyses of selected formative compositions expose philosophical and performance related elements, demonstrating the interaction between composer, pianist and philosopher.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0413en_US
dc.description.proquestemaillauralwhitehead@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5223
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectAlexander Scriabinen_US
dc.subjectPerformance Practiceen_US
dc.subjectPiano Rollsen_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectEarly Perioden_US
dc.subjectPiano Musicen_US
dc.subjectAnalysisen_US
dc.titleTranscendent Sounds: The Early Piano Music of Alexander Scriabinen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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