Which Russian composer and pianist inspired by Chopin composed a prelude in early 1914?
Prelude, Op. 74, No. 2 (Scriabin) Alexander Scriabin's Prelude, Op. 74, No. 2, entitled Très lent, contemplatif (very slow, contemplating), is one of five preludes in Op. 74, composed in early 1914.
Charles-Valentin Alkan Charles-Valentin Alkan (] ; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French-Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life.