When Did Scriabin Die?

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist. In his early years he was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin, and wrote works in a relatively tonal, late Romantic idiom.

What did Scriabin die from?

Scriabin spent the last years of his all-too-short life (he died after a sore on his lip became septic; the infection killed him at the age of 43 in 1915) obsessed with the idea of a piece he called "Mysterium", whose performance - in a specially built temple in the Himalayas, with every member of the audience a ...

Did Scriabin die on Easter?

Born on Christmas Day, dying at Easter, and surrounded by controversy throughout his life, Scriabin himself did little to discourage people from seeing him as a kind of Messiah.