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Prelude in F-sharp major, Op. 16 No. 5 (Allegretto)

Alexander Scriabin · Level 6, estimated · With Maestro

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Prelude in F-sharp major, Op. 16 No. 5 (Allegretto) is a prelude by Alexander Scriabin from the Romantic era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 6, an estimate.

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  • prelude
  • Romantic
  • playful

Also known as Préludes opus 16 - 5..

History

Nicholls places this prelude in Moscow in 1895 and describes its dance character, contrasting with the preceding miniature.

Sources

What to listen for

  1. A dotted call climbs and falls back

    The opening gesture rises through shorter notes before returning downward. Hear its connected shape across the changing durations.

  2. A higher contrast includes inner movement

    The contrasting pair leads to held upper sound with a moving inner layer. Listen through the sustained note to that response.

  3. The contrasting material returns in writing

    The higher episode comes back within the continuing phrase. Compare its familiar contour with the intervening opening recall.

  4. An opening-related cadence ends the piece

    The final recall settles the opening shape into its cadence. Hear the full closing gesture without adding a fermata the source does not declare.

How to practise it

Unequal short upper rhythm; lower eighths become longer pairs.

  1. Practise the unequal onset into the short notes and preserve the later silence.
  2. Rehearse the lower change of duration separately from the upper small-note stream.

How hard is it

Level 6, estimated

Dotted figures, short pulse groups and changing register need to sound like one flowing melody. Clean positioning and articulation matter more than the compact length.

About this piece

Interpretive sketch of Alexander Scriabin, an illustration and not a verified likeness
An illustration, not a portrait
Collection
The prelude gallery
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5
Source
mutopiaproject.org
Credit
“Préludes opus 16 - 5.” by A. Scriabin (1872 to 1915). Mutopia edition maintained by Philippe Hézaine. Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=763. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/. Changes to the supplied file: none; any later conversion or edit must be disclosed separately.

More by Alexander Scriabin

  1. Prelude in E-flat minor, Op. 16 No. 4 (Lento)Level 5, estimatedWith Maestro
  2. Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1Level 6, estimatedWith Maestro
  3. Two Pieces, Op. 59: No. 2, PreludeLevel 7, estimatedWith Maestro

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Unequal short upper rhythm; lower eighths become longer pairs.

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