Alexander Nikolayevitch Scriabin (1872-1915 , Russian composer and pianist, is best known for his perfectly spun miniatures where his novel harmonic and pianistic ideas were most brilliantly worked out. This volume in Dover's continuing series of musical scores presents the best of Scriabin's works, his complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano.

Alexander Nikolayevitch Scriabin (1872-1915 , Russian composer and pianist, is best known for his perfectly spun miniatures where his novel harmonic and pianistic ideas were most brilliantly worked out. This volume in Dover's continuing series of musical scores presents the best of Scriabin's works, his complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano.

There are the Chopinesque works from his early period, including the 12 etudes from Op. 8 and the 24 Preludes, Op. 11. The works of the middle period, when he began working out his new harmonies based on a series of fourths, include the outstanding sets of Preludes, Opp. 33 and 48, and the Etudes, Op. 42. The 5 Preludes, Op. 74 and the Etude s, Op. 65 trom the final period reveal perhaps most about his joyous ecstasy and languid contemplation, moods which no other composer could express to such a degree. There are also the preludes and etudes from Opp. 2, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 22, 27,31, 35, 37, 39, 45, 49, 51, 56, 59 and 67, each containing miniatures working out some subtle harmonic, rhythmic or melodic idea with a perfect pianistic sense ot writing.

This book has been especially designed as a playing edition--the noteheads are large and easily readable at the piano, and the margins and spaces between staves are adequate for written notes, fingerings and turnovers. It is also most useful 1or analysis,or simply for listening along with records.

          PRELUDES

Op. 2, No. 2 in B Major (1889)

For the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor (18941

          24 PRELUDES, OP. 11

            Part I (1888-1896)

No. 1 in C Major (1893)

No. 2 in A Minor (1895)

No. 3 in G Major (1895)

No. 4 in E Minor (1888)

No. 5 in D Major (1896)

No. 6 in B Minor (1889)

            Part II (1894-1896)

No. 7 in A Major (1895)

No. 8 in F Sharp Minor (1896)

No. 9 in E Major (1894)

No. 10 in C Sharp Minor (1894)

No. 11 in B Major (1895)

No. 12 in G Sharp Minor (1895)

             Part III (1895)

No. 13 in G Flat Major (1895)

No. 14 in E Flat Minor (1895)

No. 15 in D Flat Major (1895)

No. 16 in B Flat Minor (1895)

No. 17 in A Flat Major (1895)

No. 18 in F Minor (1895)

           Part IV (1895-1896)

No. 19 in E Flat Major (1895)

No. 20 in C Minor (1895)

No. 21 in B Flat Major (1895)

No. 22 in G Minor (1896)

No. 23 in F Major (1895)

No. 24 in D Minor (1895)

       'SIX PRELUDES, OP. 13 (1895)

No. 1 in C Major

No. 2 in A Minor

No. 3 in G Major

No. 4 in E Minor

No. 5 in D Major

No. 6 in B Minor

     FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 15 (1895-1896)

No. 1 in A Major (1895)

No. 2 in F Sharp Minor (1895)

No. 3 in E Major (1895)

No. 4 in E Major (1896)

No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (1895)

     FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 16 (1894-1895)

No. 1 in B Major (1894)

No. 2 in G Sharp Minor (1895)

No. 3 in G Flat Major (1894)

No. 4 in E Flat Minor (1895)

No. 5 in F Sharp Major (1895)

     SEVEN PRELUDES, OP. 17 (1895-1896)

No. 1 in D Minor (1896)

No. 2 in E Flat Major (1896)

No. 3 in D Flat Major (1896)

No. 4 in B Flat Minor (1895)

No. 5 in F Minor (1895)

No. 6 in B Flat Major (1895)

No. 7 in G Minor (1895)

       FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 22 (1897)

No. 1 in G Sharp Minor

No. 2 in C Sharp Minor

No. 3 in B Major

No. 4 in B Minor

       TWO PRELUDES, OP. 27 (1900)

No. 1 in G Minor

No. 2 in B Major

       FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 31 (1903)

No. 1 in D Flat Major/C Major

No. 2 in F Sharp Minor

No. 3 in E Flat Minor

No. 4 in C Major

       FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 33 (1903)

No. 1 in E Major

No. 2 in F Sharp Major

No. 3 in C Major

No. 4 in A Flat Major

      THREE PRELUDES, OP. 35 (1903)

No. 1 in D Flat Major

No. 2 in B Flat Major

No. 3 in C Major

       FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 37 (1903)

No. 1 in B Flat Minor

No. 2 in F Sharp Major

No. 3 in B Major

No. 4 in G Minor

       FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 39 (1903)

No. 1 in F Sharp Major

No. 2 in D Major

No. 3 in G Major

No. 4 in A Flat Major

Op. 45, No. 3 in E Flat Major (1904)

       FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 48 (1905)

No. 1 in F Sharp Major

No. 2 in C Major

No. 3 in D Flat Major

No. 4 in C Major

Op. 49, No. 2 in F Major (1905)

Op. 51, No. 2 in A Minor (1906)

Op. 56, No. 1 in E Flat Major

Op. 59, No. 2 (1910)

     TWO PRELUDES, OP. 67 (1912-1913)

No. 1

No. 2

        FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 74 (1914)

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

Op. 2, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor (1887)

       TWELVE ETUDES, OP. 8 (1894)

                Part I

No. 1 in C Sharp Major

No. 2 in F Sharp Minor

No. 3 in B Minor

No. 4 in B Major

No. 5 in E Major

No. 6 in A Major

                Part II

No. 7 in B Flat Minor

No. 8 in A Flat Major

No. 9 in G Sharp Minor

No. 10 in D Flat Major

No. 11 in B Flat Minor

No. 12 in D Sharp Minor

       EIGHT ETUDES, OP. 42 (1903)

No. 1 in D Flat Major

No. 2 in F Sharp Minor

No. 3 in F Sharp Major

No. 4 in F Sharp Major

No. 5 in C Sharp Minor

No. 6 in D Flat Major

No. 7 in F Minor

No. 8 in E Flat Major

Op. 49, No. 1 in E Flat Major (1905)

Op. 56, No. 4 (1908)

     THREE ETUDES, OP. 65 (1911-191Z)

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3