Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
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Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 is a dark, harmonically adventurous piano work by Alexander Scriabin that marks his late, highly mystical and atonal compositional style.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
piano sonata
ⓘ
solo piano work ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionPeriod |
Scriabin’s late period
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
mysticism
ⓘ
theosophy ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 62 ⓘ |
| character |
dark
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harmonically adventurous ⓘ mysterious ⓘ |
| composer | Alexander Scriabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionalStyle |
atonal tendencies
ⓘ
highly chromatic ⓘ late Scriabin harmonic language ⓘ mystical ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | no known dedicatee ⓘ |
| followedBy | Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | one-movement sonata ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
late Romantic music ⓘ modernist music ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
late Romantic harmony
ⓘ
mystical philosophy ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | unknown or ambiguous key ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous, uninterrupted structure
ⓘ
dense chordal textures ⓘ extreme harmonic ambiguity ⓘ lack of clear tonal center ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of atonality in Scriabin’s music ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 1 ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | early 20th-century music publishers in Russia and Europe ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced piano technique
ⓘ
high interpretive skill ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | late Scriabin period ⓘ |
| typicalDuration | approximately 10–15 minutes ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
concert performance
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piano recital ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | one of ten Scriabin piano sonatas ⓘ |
| workTypeWithinOeuvre | late piano sonata of Scriabin ⓘ |
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