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May 14, 2024 · Erik Satie, French composer whose spare, unconventional, often witty style exerted a major influence on 20th-century music, particularly in France. His work represents the first definite break with 19th-century French Romanticism, and it stands in opposition to the music of Claude Debussy.
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Erik Satie. Eric Alfred Leslie Satie [n 1] (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an undistinguished student and obtained no diploma.
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- Trois Gymnopédies (1888) The obvious place to start is Trois Gymnopédies for solo piano, Satie's best-known compositions. With their winding, quarter-note melodies and slowly waltzing left-hand accompaniments, they're often found on relaxation compilations.
- 'Je te veux' (1903) Satie dropped out of music school because he didn't fit in. (In fact, his piano professor described him as the laziest student in the Conservatoire.)
- Parade (1917) No composer is more closely associated with the surrealist movement than Satie. In fact, the word surrealism was used for the first time in the program notes, written by Guillaume Apollinaire, for Parade, a ballet for which Satie composed the music.
- Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1903) "Now, as a true friend may I warn you that from time to time there is in your art a certain lack of form," wrote Claude Debussy to Satie.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Listen to music by Erik Satie on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Erik Satie including Gymnopedie No.1, Impressions de France (From "Impressions de France") and more.
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