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In Reply to: RE: "Poem of Extasy doesn't have anything to do with sex" posted by sser2 on February 18, 2021 at 16:07:47:
literally means "transposition out of your state", and this is how Skryabin's title should be interpreted. That the word acquired sexual connotations in several languages is not helpful here.
It is similar to Pathetic, originally something grandiose, elevated, but somehow meaning "poor" or "miserable" in the English language.
Skryabin was more a philosopher than a composer, but this fact is interpreted, incorrectly and unfortunately, to the effect that he was sick in the head by mainstream musicology.
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Follow Ups
- Ex-stasy - sser2 17:01:55 02/18/21 (5)
- I don't deny that Scriabin adhered to a philosophy, but (as I mentioned in my previous post). . . - Chris from Lafayette 01:26:30 02/19/21 (4)
- 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)
- Scriabin, the Sex Pistol? nt - tinear 08:38:30 02/19/21 (1)
- Indeed... nt - sser2 16:13:07 02/19/21 (0)