The Alexander Scriabin Companion: History, Performance, and Lore - Paperback

by Lincoln Ballard (Author), Matthew Bengtson (Author), John Bell Young (With)

The Alexander Scriabin Compendium offers a modern perspective on the history, reception, interpretation, and performance of Scriabin's music. It offers complete overviews of his music, performance suggestions for pianists, and critical commentary on four controversial subjects in his critical reception.

Author Biography

Lincoln Ballard has taught at the University of Washington, University of Puget Sound, Southwestern College, and Cascadia Community College. His dissertation offered the first comprehensive study of Alexander Scriabin's posthumous reception history.

Matthew Bengtson, assistant professor of piano literature at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, is critically acclaimed as a leading interpreter of Scriabin's work.

John Bell Young is the founder and CEO of Identity Marketing for Concert Artists Inc., winner of the 1985 Chopin Foundation Council Prize, and a leading authority on the music of Alexander Scriabin.