Scriabin's Synesthesia | What Colorful Music "Looks" Like

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What do color and music have in common? For some people, a lot more than you'd think! In this week's video we talk about the phenomenon of synesthesia, and learn about Scriabin's attempt to share some people's unique connection between color and sound with the rest of the world.

Yale's "Prometheus" Performance
https://youtu.be/V3B7uQ5K0IU

Music Used in Video
Lotus Land Op. 47 no 1 - Cyril Scott
Etude in C sharp minor Op. 2 no 1 - Scriabin
L. 117 - III. Le vent dans la plains - Debussy
L. 113 - V. The Little Shepherd - Debussy

Attributions
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RSQtXVV7f-gLAW8GgEblmiYpN7lSjH0s6GDxcFvwUOY/edit?usp=sharing

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