Castalia 367

The same old story

Dear Friends,

I’m so happy to share with you…

Etude in C Sharp Minor, op. 2 #1 (1887)

by Alexander Scriabin (1872 — 1915)

performed by Ishmael Wallace

“The fundamental things apply

As time goes by.

It’s still the same old story…”¹

— the story of something new, something which preoccupies one, which demands understanding.

It arrives here in bar 5:

Yet Scriabin tells this old story — or, more precisely, it tells itself through him — in a manner completely unmistakeable.

Thank you so much.

With every good wish,

Ishmael

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