The New Scriabin: Enigma and Answers.

New York, NY St. Martin's: Griffin, 1973. Paperback First Edition Thus (1973), so stated. First Edition Thus (1973), so stated. Good+ in Wraps: shows moderate rubbing to the panels and a little consequent soiling to the white background field of the panels: light shelf-soiling to the lower edge fo the text block and faint thumbing to the fore-edge; a single page in the Index has been creased at the lower corner and there is a phone number at the rear endpaper; mild creasing near the upper corner tip and a single crease at the backstrip; the binding leans very slightly but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia in the text. FFree of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A solid copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only mild wear and some minor cosmetic flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.2 x 5.35 x 0.75 inches). xiv, 210 pages, Introduction by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Language: English. Weight: 10 ounces. Trade Paperback. Scriabin was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed in a relatively tonal, late Romantic idiom. Later, and independently of his influential contemporary, Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed a much more dissonant musical language that had transcended usual tonality but was not atonal, which accorded with his personal brand of metaphysics. He is often considered the main Russian Symbolist composer and a major representative of the Russian Silver Age.