The Positivistic Mysticism of Alexander Scriabin: An Analysis of the Three tudes, Op. 65
Journal: YorkSpace (York University)
Year: 2017

Over the past several decades, scholarly writings on Scriabins late piano music have largely focused on one topic: the pitch organisation of his unusual sonorities. A great variety of analytical techniques and methodologies has disregarded the extramusical aspects of Scriabins mysticism and his esoteric theory of sound-colour correspondence, considering them irrelevant to an understanding of his music. &#13;\nThis thesis argues that the three essential components of the composers late creative p