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by jancsika 1412 days ago
> (maybe not Scriabin)

There is a fairly clear line of influence from Bach -> Chopin -> Scriabin's Preludes -> Sonata no. 2 -> Sonata no. 5.

I'm not sure where the cross-cutting idea of Sonata no. 5 came from. But a lot of the harmony/voicing he's cutting across is courtesy of Chopin. :)