Theory of Sound
Piano Forte
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All in a Day's Work
100
The last works of Scriabin are built on variations of this chord HINT: The first word of this 2003 movie ending in 'River'
What is mystic?
100
Scriabin, Rachmaninov, and Debussy all played this basic instrument basically well.
What is piano?
100
Scriabin was born in an aristocratic family in Moscow on this famous holiday
What is Christmas Day?
100
This is the name of this piano poem
What is Vers la flamme?
100
In 1894, Scriabin made his debut as a pianist, performing his own works, in this famous Russian city.
What is St. Petersburg?
200
In measures 1-5 and again in measures 5-11, the left hand plays three tritones that correspond directly to three exact transpositions of the mystic scale, always moving up by this interval
What is a minor third?
200
Name this form/type of piano. http://antiquepianoshop.com/lib/image/thumbs/1890_237_9999_fill.jpg
What is the Upright Piano?
200
Scriabin was a prolific Russian composer, influenced by this famous Polish composer
Who is Chopin?
200
This rhythm is a form a syncopation in which the rhythmic tendencies suggest a sense of longing. HINT: Obama used this as his campaign phrase in 2012.
What is forward motion?
200
Supporting himself and his wife while attempting to establish his reputation as a composer after his year of touring as a pianist, Scriabin was hired as a teacher here
What is the Moscow Conservatory?
300
Although the fifth isn't present in a mystic chord, the 6th sound of the chord transforms to a 9th chord from this HINT: think of an inverted supertonic chord
What is the 7th chord OR the Leading tone?
300
The invention of the home phonograph, the player piano and this caused fewer people to have a piano in their home because of technology that made possible the enjoyment of music in passive form.
What is the radio?
300
Scriabin begins studying piano at an early age with Nikolai Zvereb, who also taught this prodigy
Who is Rachmaninov?
300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xka1fq_42fo (5:20-5:28) The movement of the right hand is developed throughout the entire piece as it ends on this cadence.
What is Perfect Authentic Cadence (PAC) OR the tonic chord?
300
For a period of five years Scriabin was based in Moscow, during which time the first two of his what were conducted by his old teacher Safonov
What are symphonies?
400
The minor 6th at the beginning of the fifth measure confirms of the function of this new chord tone.
What is an appoggiatura?
400
Useful in the Impressionistic style used by composers such as Scriabin, this is the number of black keys on a piano.
What is 36?
400
Being very shy around his peers, Scriabin took on the hobby of building this instrument
What is the piano?
400
Even when a tonal center can be identified, whether a single pitch as in Debussy's "L'isle joyeuse" or a chord complex as in Scriabin's Vers la flamme, it no longer makes sense to describe the music as tonal, because the harmonic language diverges too far from this
What is common practice?
400
After Scriabin and his wife moved to Switzerland, he began work on his Third Symphony, or this
What is the Divine Poem?
500
The main segment in measure 70 and measure 74 has the main function of this melodic subject. HINT: It is also a friday "tradition" on social media
What is a flashback?
500
During his Conservatory years, a hand injury, suffered supposedly while over-practicing the “Don Juan Fantasy” by Franz Liszt forced Scriabin to turn to composition. Two of the most famous these type of pieces in piano repertoire, the Nocturne and Prelude Op. 9 were a direct result of this
What is left-handed?
500
While studying at Moscow, Scriabin damaged his right hand while practicing a rendition of Don Juan by this famous composer
Who is Franz Liszt?
500
This is prominent in each of these clips and has been discussed of Debussy's "Nauges" and Scriabin's "Vers la flamme"
What is a tritone?
500
With the financial support of a wealthy sponsor, Scriabin spent several years traveling between Switzerland, Italy, France, the United States and this European country, working on more orchestral pieces, including several symphonies HINT: This country is famous for their gourmet waffles...
What is Belgium?
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