PDF Gymnopeacute;dies; Gnossiennes and Other Works for Piano (Dover Music for Piano) by Erik Satie in Arts-Photography

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In his piano works especially; Erik Satie (1866ndash;1925) was a witty musical caricaturist. The eccentric French composer loved to satirize academic rules in general and the impressionistic titles of Debussys compositions in particular; giving his own works such surrealistic names as Pieces in Pear Form and Dried Embryos; and annotating them with equally bizarre musical directions: "Tres neuf heures du matin" (Very "nine in the morning"); "Corpulentus" (Corpulent); and so on. His comic spirit is equally embodied in the music itself; as this delightful selection of seventeen piano works amply proves. They are as spare; lively; and capricious as they are hauntingly melodic. In addition to the well-known Gymnopeacute;dies and Gnossiennes; the pieces reproduced here include Sarabandes; Piegrave;ces froides; Poudre dor; En habit de cheval; Morceaux en forme de poire; Embryons desseacute;cheacute;s; Aperccedil;us deacute;sagreables; Descriptions automatiques; and more.This volume; the largest collection of Saties piano works yet published; has been reprinted on fine-quality paper from authoritative original editions; and sturdily bound to provide you a lifetime of study and enjoyment. In its pages are some of the most original and appealing achievements of a turbulent era in music; compositions that influenced such modern masters as Ravel; Milhaud; and Poulenc.