alexander scriabin as total artist ‘MUSIC IS A PATH OF REVELATION, A POWERFUL METHOD TO KNOWLEDGE!’
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hen I heard his name, Scriabin, for the first time, I could not surmise how intensely I would be occupied with him and would become more intimately acquainted with him. Since then, a year has passed and his name has in some way become anchored in my life, although initially, I wanted to bid farewell to him as quickly as possible. The confrontation with him made me discover the people whom he loved and revered. It brought me into contact with famous philosophers, psychologists and musicians, and I was able to cast a look at their teachings. He himself seems to evoke mixed reactions. Some people lavish praise on him, others do not understand him and consider his work too chaotic and too ambitious, while again others have hardly heard of him or have not heard of him at all. As far as I am concerned, he ultimately gave me food for
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thought and I tried to understand him. What merits did he have for God and humanity, was the question I asked myself. During fierce discussion about him, I looked for living material to be able to write something about him. However, this did not bring me one step closer to him. Then, suddenly, the situation arose where I heard one of his compositions under special circumstances, and I was so impressed that I immediately had to write it down. In this way, the following association developed: I love him; his name alone is able to touch me like a fresh breeze. I move in his music as in a grand world that lives and breathes, that permanently changes, takes me up and forces me to grow. I might be able to sojourn in this high and pure energy; I might bathe in this lake of love and let myself be swept along. How beautiful it is to experience
