The Technological Revolution of the Coloured Organ in Alexander Scriabin’s Fifth Symphony, Prometheus, Poem of Fire

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10.2991/assehr.k.210609.022How to use a DOI?

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Technical Revolution, Coloured Organ, Scriabin’s Fifth Symphony

Abstract

The Russian Composer Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) is considered as one of the most exceptional composers because of his innovations in musical works that possess synesthetic aesthetics and modernist techniques. Particularly, in the score of his fifth symphony, Prometheus, Poem of Fire, Op.60 (1910), Scriabin annotated a part designed for the coloured organ to simultaneously produce the colour lighting in the performance. This creative idea pioneered the multimedia application in the field of performing arts, and delivered a new concept in the music literature. This study will illustrate where Scriabin’s colour-light idea was originated from and how he put his synesthetic idea into practice. The technological revolution of the coloured organs will be addressed in the study to explore the challenges and solutions in the process of Scriabin’s productions of his fifth symphony.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kuo-Ying Lee
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/06/10
TI  - The Technological Revolution of the Coloured Organ in Alexander Scriabin’s Fifth Symphony, Prometheus, Poem of Fire
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 108
EP  - 111
SN  - 2352-5398
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