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Charles O'Connell
Many sensitive people, many artists and some scientists believe in the existence of a human faculty which they call "synaesthesia," by which the sensory impression caused by one stimulus --- let us say, color --- is duplicated by and associated with the impression caused by another --- sound, for instance. Rimsky-Korsakoff, a master of orchestration, and Alexander Scriabin, musician and mystic, independently worked out a scale of colors which to them represented tonalities. While its validity may be questioned, it's aptness with respect to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Symphonies of Tchaikovsky is striking; so are the disagreements of the two:
- Symphony No. 4 - Rimsky-Korsakoff chose Green whereas Scriabin chose Red
- Symphony No. 5 - Rimsky-Korsakoff chose Blue and Scriabin chose Bluish-white
- Symphony No. 6 - Rimsky-Korsakoff chose Somber, purplish-blue and Scriabin chose Purple-violet
Whatever the "color" of Tchaikovsky's music, whether we see with our ears or hear with our eyes, there can be no denying the infinite variety, richness and tonal loveliness he sets before us.
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