> (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 wher

> (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. :)