Scriabin was reportedly overpracticing Liszt's Réminiscences de Don Juan and Balakirev's Islamey when he damaged his right hand.
The temporary loss of his right-hand facility is also credited with inciting him to develop complicated rhythmical patterns for the left hand in much of his music.
It continues with a melancholy second theme in A-flat major which builds up to the very majestic ending of the 1st movement's exposition.
The second movement, in C minor, is a melancholic, emotionally charged "Adagio" in ternary form, ending quietly in C major.
The movement is harsh and agitated, relieved briefly only by the more tender middle theme in A-flat major, and angrily hammers into an unresolved end, which is resolved in the final slow movement, the "Funèbre", again in F minor, and similar in mood to the funeral march of Chopin's second piano sonata.