Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23

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Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 is a highly expressive and technically demanding piano work by Alexander Scriabin that marks a pivotal point in his transition from late-Romantic to more harmonically adventurous styles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf piano sonata
solo piano work
approximateDuration about 18 minutes
belongsToCycle Scriabin piano sonatas NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber Op. 23
composer Alexander Scriabin NERFINISHED
composerFullName Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfComposer Russian Empire NERFINISHED
dedicationStatus undedicated (no widely known dedication)
emotionalCharacter dramatic
intense
lyrical
era turn of the 20th century
expressiveCharacter highly expressive
firstMovementTempoMarking Drammàtico
formOfFirstMovement sonata form
fourthMovementTempoMarking Presto con fuoco
genre piano sonata NERFINISHED
harmonicLanguage chromatic
expanded tonality
instrumentation solo piano
key F-sharp minor
languageOfTitle Italian
marksTransitionInStyleOf Alexander Scriabin NERFINISHED
movement Allegretto
Andante
Drammàtico
Presto con fuoco
movementCount 4
nationalityOfComposer Russian
notableFeature dense chromatic harmony
dramatic contrasts
virtuosic passagework
numberInSet 3
opusNumber Op. 23
period late Romantic
placeInComposerSonataSequence third of ten numbered piano sonatas
positionInComposerOutput early major sonata
secondMovementTempoMarking Allegretto
style harmonically adventurous
late-Romantic
technicalDifficulty high
thirdMovementTempoMarking Andante
tonalCenter F-sharp minor
typicalPerformanceContext piano competition
recital
workType concert repertoire piece

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Alexander Scriabin notableWork Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23