January 6 - Alexander Scriabin (The Musical Birthday Series)

Alexander Scriabin (6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871] – 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1915) was a Russian pianist and composer.

Mystic Mystique

Scriabin, whose earliest work

Contains not a foible or quirk,

Discovered a chord

Which he really adored,

And then went completely berserk.