Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66

E1047493

piano sonata solo piano composition

Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 is one of Alexander Scriabin’s late, highly complex and harmonically adventurous piano sonatas, exemplifying his mystical and atonal-leaning style.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 canonical	3
Piano Sonata No. 8	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13513456 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Context triple: [Alexander Scriabin, notableWork, Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66]

A. Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 81
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 81 is a substantial and expressive keyboard work by early Romantic composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel, showcasing his virtuosic pianistic style and lyrical inventiveness.
B. Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 is a dark, harmonically adventurous piano work by Alexander Scriabin that marks his late, highly mystical and atonal compositional style.
C. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 is a brief, lyrical two-movement piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1809 and sometimes nicknamed the "À Thérèse" Sonata.
D. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, noted for its lyrical intimacy, structural innovation, and role in heralding his final stylistic period.
E. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 is a late-period two-movement piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, noted for its concise form and expressive, proto-Romantic character.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66
Target entity description: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 is one of Alexander Scriabin’s late, highly complex and harmonically adventurous piano sonatas, exemplifying his mystical and atonal-leaning style.

A. Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 81
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 81 is a substantial and expressive keyboard work by early Romantic composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel, showcasing his virtuosic pianistic style and lyrical inventiveness.
B. Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 is a dark, harmonically adventurous piano work by Alexander Scriabin that marks his late, highly mystical and atonal compositional style.
C. Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 is a brief, lyrical two-movement piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1809 and sometimes nicknamed the "À Thérèse" Sonata.
D. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, noted for its lyrical intimacy, structural innovation, and role in heralding his final stylistic period.
E. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 is a late-period two-movement piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, noted for its concise form and expressive, proto-Romantic character.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	piano sonata ⓘ solo piano composition ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
associatedComposerNationality	Russian ⓘ
catalogueGrouping	Scriabin late sonatas ⓘ linked to: Scriabin piano sonatas
composer	Alexander Scriabin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russia ⓘ
expressiveCharacter	ecstatic ⓘ intense ⓘ mysterious ⓘ
form	single-movement sonata ⓘ
genre	classical music ⓘ
harmonicLanguage	chromatic ⓘ post-tonal ⓘ
influencedBy	late Romantic harmony ⓘ symbolism and mysticism in art ⓘ
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
key	no key specified ⓘ
movementCount	one ⓘ
notableFeature	complex rhythmic structures ⓘ continuous, uninterrupted form ⓘ dense harmonic writing ⓘ
numberInSeries	8 ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 66 ⓘ
partOf	Alexander Scriabin piano sonatas ⓘ linked to: Scriabin piano sonatas
period	late Scriabin period ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer	Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 ⓘ Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 ⓘ linked to: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 "White Mass" Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 ⓘ
requires	advanced pianistic technique ⓘ high interpretive insight ⓘ
style	atonal-leaning ⓘ harmonically adventurous ⓘ highly complex ⓘ mystical ⓘ
technicalDifficulty	advanced ⓘ virtuosic ⓘ
texture	highly contrapuntal ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	concert repertoire ⓘ piano competitions ⓘ
workTitle	Piano Sonata No. 8 ⓘ linked to: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Scriabin → notableWork → Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 ⓘ

Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 "White Mass" → relatedWorkByComposer → Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 ⓘ

Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 → relatedWorkByComposer → Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 ⓘ

Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 → workTitle → Piano Sonata No. 8 ⓘ

linked to: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66

Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass" → relatedWorkBySameComposer → Piano Sonata No. 8 ⓘ