Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30

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Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 is a short, two-movement piano sonata by Alexander Scriabin that marks his transition from late-Romantic lyricism toward his more harmonically adventurous, mystical style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
anticipates Scriabin's later atonal tendencies ⓘ
approximateCompositionYear 1903 ⓘ
associatedComposerStylePeriod Scriabin middle period ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire Romantic piano repertoire ⓘ
Scriabin piano sonatas ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 30 ⓘ
composer Alexander Scriabin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Natalya Sekerina ⓘ
duration short ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Andante ⓘ
form two-movement sonata ⓘ
genre piano sonata ⓘ
hasCatalogueGrouping Scriabin piano sonatas Nos. 1–10 ⓘ
hasKeySignature six sharps ⓘ
influencedBy late-Romantic harmony ⓘ
instrumentation piano ⓘ
key F-sharp major ⓘ
languageOfTitle Russian ⓘ
marksTransitionFrom late-Romantic lyricism ⓘ
marksTransitionTo Scriabin's later mystical style ⓘ
movement Andante ⓘ
Prestissimo volando ⓘ
movements 2 ⓘ
notableFeature continuous performance of two movements without long break ⓘ
expressive melodic lines ⓘ
use of chromatic harmony ⓘ
virtuosic piano writing ⓘ
notableInterpretiveAspect requires advanced technical skill ⓘ
requires delicate tone color control ⓘ
numberInSet 4 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 30 ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
placeInComposerDevelopment transitional work toward mystical style ⓘ
primaryInstrument piano ⓘ
scoredFor solo piano ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Prestissimo volando ⓘ
styleCharacteristic harmonically adventurous ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
mystical ⓘ
tonality F-sharp major ⓘ
typicalPerformanceLength approximately 8 minutes ⓘ
typicalStructure slow introduction followed by fast movement ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput fourth piano sonata by Scriabin ⓘ

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Alexander Scriabin → notableWork → Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 → relatedWorkByComposer → Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 30 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30