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Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64

“White Mass”191210 min

This guide follows Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 “White Mass” (1912) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Olga Stezhko (piano)

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Sonata form0:03–10:21

The opens in the -like music of will, with bell-like chords that throughout. The first ( I) is dense and , with violent contrasts. The arrives next, and a second, shorter ( II) follows. In the a bell-like passage, which Scriabin imagined as bells suspended from the sky, leads to a flash-like chord across five octaves, after which the music rises and dissipates.

  2. I

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Alexander ScriabinPiano sonatasLate Romantic periodSonata form

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