Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass"
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Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass" is a late, highly dissonant and mystical piano work by Alexander Scriabin, renowned for its dark, demonic character and innovative harmonic language.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
piano sonata
ⓘ
solo piano work ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 8–10 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
mysticism
ⓘ
theosophical ideas ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 68 ⓘ |
| character |
dark
ⓘ
demonic ⓘ |
| composer | Alexander Scriabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| difficulty | virtuosic ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
late Romantic music ⓘ |
| harmonicLanguage |
extended tonality
ⓘ
post-tonal ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century piano writing ⓘ |
| influencedBy | late Romantic harmony ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | F-sharp minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Russian ⓘ |
| mood |
intense
ⓘ
sinister ⓘ |
| nationalityOfComposer | Russian ⓘ |
| nickname | Black Mass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | innovative harmonic language ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 1 ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed in recital programs ⓘ |
| periodInComposerCareer | late Scriabin period ⓘ |
| placeInScriabinSonataCycle | one of Scriabin's late sonatas ⓘ |
| reception |
considered one of Scriabin's most disturbing works
ⓘ
highly regarded in 20th-century piano repertoire ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameComposer |
Piano Sonata No. 10
NERFINISHED
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Piano Sonata No. 7 "White Mass" NERFINISHED ⓘ Piano Sonata No. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | continuous single-movement form ⓘ |
| style |
atonal tendencies
ⓘ
highly dissonant ⓘ mystical ⓘ |
| texture |
contrapuntal passages
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dense ⓘ |
| thematicMaterial | motivic transformation ⓘ |
| title | Piano Sonata No. 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
complex chromaticism
ⓘ
synthetic harmonies ⓘ tritone relationships ⓘ |
| workNumberInComposerOutput | Ninth piano sonata by Alexander Scriabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTypeWithinComposerOeuvre | part of Scriabin's cycle of ten piano sonatas ⓘ |
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