Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes And Other Works For Piano
gymnopedies, gnossiennes and other works for piano
$46.48
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
1 June 1989
Summary
Satie’s Surreal Sounds: Piano Works of Wit and Wonder
In his piano works, Erik Satie (1866-1925) reveals himself as a witty musical caricaturist. The eccentric French composer satirized academic rules and the impressionistic titles of Debussy’s compositions, giving his own works surrealistic names such as Pieces in Pear Form and Dried Embryos, and annotating them with bizarre musical directions: “Tres ‘neuf heures du matin” (Very “nine in the morning”), “Corpulentu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486259789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0486259781 |
| Series: | Dover Music for Piano |
| Author: | Erik Satie |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 1989 |
| Weight: | 470g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 228mm x 301mm |
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Erik Satie
French composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) exercised a profound effect on 20th-century music, creating innovative harmonies with a freedom of form and mastery of musical understatement that influenced modern masters from Debussy and Ravel to Milhaud, Poulenc, and Cage.
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