Musicology Annotation << Back The Philosophy of Free Creativity. On the 100th Anniversary of the Death of A. Skryabin (1872–1915) Elena V. Slavina In an article dedicated to the memory of A. Scriabin the philosophical and aesthetic views of the composer reviewed, which determined the specifi city and uniqueness of his works. For Scriabin philosophy was one of the components of synthetic art – a rational platform upon which to build musical ideas, determines the ideological canvas and the program of his compositions. In the «aesthetic complex» activities of the composer were embodied characteristic ideas of the era of «Russian cultural renaissance» about systemic and creative organization of life, the purpose and nature of artistic creativity. In the works of Scriabin a rich range of ideas was found that determine the artistic and aesthetic shape of Russia in the early twentieth century. The article analyzes the features of the philosophical heritage of Skryabin in the context of time, characteristic «Records» language of the composer, the range of problems that were part of his fi eld of vision, the evolution of views, chronological parallel to the development of Russian philosophical and aesthetic tendencies, the very type of artistic personality, symbolic for the Russian culture of the early twentieth century. Keywords: A. Scryabin, Scryabin’s «records», «aesthetic complex» of the era, idea of ecstasy, the Unity. Contacts: E-mail: lentochka2007@yandex.ru Pp. 58-66.