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Alexander Scriabin (6 January 1872 – 27 April 1915) probably was not a
synesthete, but, rather, was highly influenced by the French and Russian salon fashions. Most noticeably, Scriabin seems to have been strongly influenced by the writings and talks of the Russian mystic
Helena P. Blavatsky, founder of the
Theosophical Society and author of such works as
Isis Unveiled and
The Secret Doctrine. The synesthetic motifs found in Scriabin's compositions – most noticeably in
Prometheus, composed in 1911 – are developed from ideas from
Isaac Newton, and follow a
circle of fifths. •
Arthur Rimbaud may or may not have been a synesthete. He wrote a poem about vowels all having colours, but he might not have actually perceived
graphemes in colour. ==References==