ERIK SATIE
GYMNOPEDIES,
GNOSSIENNES
AND OTHER WORKS FOR PIANO
In his piano works especially, Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a witty musical
caricaturist. The eccentric French composer loved to satirize academic rules in
general and the impressionistic titles of Debussy’s 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 Gymnopédies and
Gnossiennes, the pieces reproduced here include Sarabandes, Pièces froides,
Poudre d’or, En habit de cheval, Morceaux en forme de poire, Embryons
desséchés, Aperçus déagreables, Descriptions automatiques and more.
This volume, the largest collection of Satie’s 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.
Unabridged Dover (1989) republication of early editions published by Max Eschig,
F. Demetz and Rouart, Lerolle. Footnote translations of directions. 176pp. 9 x 12.
Paperbound.
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TWENTY SHORT PIECES FOR PIANO (SPORTS ET DIVERTISSEMENTS), Erik Satie. 48pp.
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SELECTED PIANO COMPOSITIONS, César Franck. 138pp. 9 x 12. 23269-7 Pa.
IBERIA AND ESPAÑA: Two COMPLETE WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO, Isaac Albéniz. 192pp.
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GOYESCAS, SPANISH DANCES AND OTHER WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO, Enrique Cranados.
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Free Complete Dover Music Catalog available upon request.
ISBN 0—486—25978—1
90000
9 780486259789
Reprinted from Dover back cover.
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