Download or read book The Evolution of Alexander Scriabin's Harmonic Language and Pianistic Textures Across His Etudes Op. 8, 42 & 65 written by Michael Kaykov and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the evolution of Scriabin’s harmony and his treatment of pianistic textures across his Etudes Op. 8, 42 and 65, with the purpose of demonstrating that while Scriabin’s harmonies became increasingly complex in his middle and late period works, his approach to piano writing and the treatment of thematic material in his late period—in surprising counter-balance—became more minimalist. There will therefore be a focus on the significant shift of style from the middle period to the late period etudes. In tracing the development of Scriabin’s etude writing, the following has become clear: the works of the early period display a complexity of pianistic figuration but not of harmony; the compositions of the middle period feature vagueness of harmony joined to complexity of figuration (while remaining fundamentally diatonic in their underlying harmonic structures); and the late period etudes, while employing an entirely new principle of pitch organization—one which breaks away from a basis in diatonic harmony—are at the same time notable for their sparseness of pianistic figuration.