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Topic: Scriabin's 'patetico'  (Read 1975 times)

Offline kghayesh

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Scriabin's 'patetico'
on: August 08, 2006, 11:21:04 PM
In Scribain's Etude in D# minor no.12 op.8, it is marked as patetico. Now, I don't really grasp what is meant by patetico. Is it a tempo marking ?? or just a performance indication ?? Does it mean to play it pathetically or what??

Thanks.
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Offline liszt-essence

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Re: Scriabin's 'patetico'
Reply #1 on: August 10, 2006, 05:02:50 PM
I honestly don't have a clue

But one thing I do know, don't play it pathetically :P
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Offline counterpoint

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Re: Scriabin's 'patetico'
Reply #2 on: August 10, 2006, 05:19:02 PM
I think, 'poignant' in the sense of keen, sharp, piercing, painful, heartrending

 is the apropriate  translation for 'patetico' in this case.
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