1. Russian and Eastern European fin-de-siècle music Alexander Nikolajewitch Skrjabin (1872-1915) founded a musical metaphysics, a theological and cultural mythology out of his theosophical beliefs. He was keen on establishing a connection between music and color and envisioned the creation of a “color keyboard”. Some people called him a Russian “impressionist”. His “mysterious chords”, the atonality of the “split” chords of his late works, his writing without movement concept motivations, and the concept of “blocks” heralded a new era in European music. His main compositions include “Prometheus” and “Poetry of Ecstasy”. Although Rachmaninov (Sergei Wassiljwitch Rachmaninow, 1873-1943) lived in Europe and America for a long time, his creations adhered to…