Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire

This groundbreaking study casts Alexander Skryabin's music in the light not only of his own philosophy of desire, but of more refined semiotic-psychoanalytical theory and modern techniques of music analysis.

List of contents

List of figures and tables, List of music examples, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Skryabin, Philosophy and the Music of Desire, 1 Desire, Creativity and Gender Polarity in the Compositional Explosion of 1903, 2 The Hidden Breakdown of Masculinity: An Appointment with Sister Death, 3 Towards the Flame: Panpsychism, Theosophy and Hyper-Subjectivity, 4 An Incorrigible Mystic? Skryabin the Dialectical Materialist, Lacan's 'Graph of Desire' and Le Poème de l'extase, 5 Level IV: The Real Drive and Skryabin's Mystic 'Chora', Bibliography, Index 159

About the author

Dr Kenneth Smith, Lecturer in Music, School of Music, University of Liverpool, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth M. Smith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2025
• EAN: 9781041089094
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4108909-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Royal Musical Association Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, Theory of music & musicology, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, Theory of music and musicology, fourth;sonata