Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30

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Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 is a short, two-movement piano sonata by Alexander Scriabin that marks his transition from late-Romantic lyricism toward his more harmonically adventurous, mystical style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
piano sonata
anticipates Scriabin's later atonal tendencies
approximateCompositionYear 1903
associatedComposerStylePeriod Scriabin middle period
belongsToRepertoire Romantic piano repertoire
Scriabin piano sonatas
catalogueNumber Op. 30
composer Alexander Scriabin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
dedicatedTo Natalya Sekerina NERFINISHED
duration short
firstMovementTempoMarking Andante
form two-movement sonata
genre piano sonata
hasCatalogueGrouping Scriabin piano sonatas Nos. 1–10 NERFINISHED
hasKeySignature six sharps
influencedBy late-Romantic harmony
instrumentation piano
key F-sharp major
languageOfTitle Russian
marksTransitionFrom late-Romantic lyricism
marksTransitionTo Scriabin's later mystical style
movement Andante
Prestissimo volando
movements 2
notableFeature continuous performance of two movements without long break
expressive melodic lines
use of chromatic harmony
virtuosic piano writing
notableInterpretiveAspect requires advanced technical skill
requires delicate tone color control
numberInSet 4
opusNumber Op. 30
period late Romantic
placeInComposerDevelopment transitional work toward mystical style
primaryInstrument piano
scoredFor solo piano
secondMovementTempoMarking Prestissimo volando
styleCharacteristic harmonically adventurous
lyrical
mystical
tonality F-sharp major
typicalPerformanceLength approximately 8 minutes
typicalStructure slow introduction followed by fast movement
workNumberInComposerOutput fourth piano sonata by Scriabin NERFINISHED

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Alexander Scriabin notableWork Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30