The arabesque in this drawing by Etienne de Lavallée (1780) could recall the circling and raffined melodies in Scriabin’s impromptus.

Last Impromptus in Scriabin’s entire output, composed of two pieces:

No.1 : Allegretto (B major)

No.2 : Andante cantabile (F♯ minor)

These two pieces are already distinctly Scriabin-esque. The first Impromptu features soft and lyrical lines, briefly interrupted by an exultant dance in the style of a Mazurka. The second, with its peculiar rhythmic organization (bar lines placed after the second note of a nine-note accompaniment in 9/8) possesses a noble grandeur within its melancholy.

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