Talk:Piano Sonata No. 5 (Scriabin)

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Tonality?

The page currently says "The piece, though nearly atonal, outlines a tonal sonata form." I'm not sure who wrote this, but the 5th Sonata is extremely and very clearly tonal, with the possible exception of the brief introductory theme that appears four times. Otherwise, everything is more or less clear-cut. An argument could be made that some sections look forward to his more experimental tonalities - the secondary theme involves some complex harmonies - but there's certainly no way that this sonata is "nearly atonal". Pico2 04:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Richter reference...

What evidence there is that Richter called this the hardest piece in the piano repetory? It almost seems made up, or just a rumour; I haven't been able to find any other references to this. I have heard people tell me this same statement but I suspect they got their information from this wikipedia article. Can anyone confirm that he said this? Vemajor (talk) 15:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]

A reference was added, so I guess it's solved.--81.184.13.19 (talk) 14:13, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jazz harmony

Trying see this work as a precursor of jazz is at least gratuitious. I like jazz, but to see every musical genre as being related to it is pretty dumb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.57.200.96 (talk) 14:54, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Content removed--Fauban (talk) 08:54, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]