ha! finally finished Scriabin, a Biography.. His last words before he died were, "Who is there?"
Scriabin - Deux danses op.73 - Richter
Alexander Scriabin
Deux danses op.73
n°1 Guirlandes
n°2 Flammes sombresSviatoslav Richter
Live recording, Seesen, 6.XI.1992
Teenagers often say they could “just die” when acne takes over their faces, but in Scriabin’s case this is precisely what happened. The Russian composer-pianist made his last public appearance in St Petersburg on April 2, 1915. Just a few days later he noticed a pimple on his upper lip. On April 7 the furuncle was infected and Scriabin was bedridden and febrile. By the 11th, well-wishers crowded the staircase of his flat, for two types of blood poisoning had set in. Scriabin died a few days later, with his manuscript containing sketches for the Misteriya open on the piano. [+]
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