Musicology Annotation << Back Alexander Scriabin: to Approachless Worlds Daniil I. Topilin The article is devoted to the art of Scriabin, which is considered through the prism of philosophy of Russian cosmism. Such interpretation of music allows to represent the evolution of the composer’s idiom as a unifi ed musical and aesthetic-philosophical substance. Research interest is directed at understanding of the transformation of music images that gradually go beyond the original scope of romantic feelings and reach “approachless worlds” of the space. From complex of earthy affects – self-affi rmation, the pursuit of a breakthrough, ecstatic delight – Scriabin comes to complex of cosmic affects, unearthly feelings: cosmic life in the eternal longing for the infi nity of the universe, cosmic death as a disappointment mysterial idea. Keywords: Alexander Scriabin, Russian cosmism, “not omnipotent genius”, complex of earthy affects, complex of cosmic affects, creative “space exploration”. Contacts: E-mail: d.i.topilin@gmail.com Pp. 39-45.