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In Reply to: I don't deny that Scriabin adhered to a philosophy, but (as I mentioned in my previous post). . . posted by Chris from Lafayette on February 19, 2021 at 01:26:30:
Rather factual. I don't deny sexuality playing a role in Skryabin's creativity. As well as in Bach's, Beethoven's, or Schubert's. But to say that Poem of Ecstasy was inspired by some sex craze is utter nonsense. I guess it has something to do with sales pitch. Sex sells, unlike philosophy. Put a naked woman's body on the album cover, and, with suggestive title, sales are guaranteed.
For starters, there is a Wikipedia article about Poem and accompanying Skryabin's text. There is nothing, zilch, nada about sex. It is liberation of spirit of the Creator (composer himself), that in the final act dissolves in the Universe and becomes the Universe itself.
I was hooked on Skryabin after attending the Prometheus - with color light keyboard part - in the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg in early 80s. There are nice Skryabin biography sources, fiction and non-fiction, unfortunately only in Russian.
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- Ascetic? - sser2 15:52:15 02/19/21 (1)
- I guess I don't read that Wikipedia article the same way you do - Chris from Lafayette 17:26:36 02/19/21 (0)