Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin

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A Russian composer who wrote new and unusual piano and orchestra music

proper noun

: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin

The piano sonatas of Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin are favorites among virtuoso performers.

Examples

Music scholars often study Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin to understand the transition from Romanticism to modernism.
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin was renowned for pushing the boundaries of harmony in his music.
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin was a genius.
Listen to Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin!
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin was renowned for pushing the boundaries of harmony in his music.
Music scholars often study Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin to understand the transition from Romanticism to modernism.
The piano sonatas of Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin are favorites among virtuoso performers.

Synonyms

Alexander Scriabin

vsAleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin

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A Russian composer known for piano and orchestra music in a new musical style

is the same but emphasizes innovation in orchestral and piano music

Surface Forms

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin main

Morphology

Aleksandr + Nikolayevich + Scriabin

This entry is a full personal name (a proper noun) whose referent — the Russian composer and his biographical details — cannot be inferred from the constituent name parts. The components are names (not meaningful lexical items) and require encyclopedic or cultural knowledge rather than compositional decoding, so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not derive the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who mixed unusual chords with ideas about colour and light. Imagine him at the piano trying to 'paint' with sound, and that image explains why his music felt new and helped move music toward 'modern' styles.