Erik Alfred Leslie Satie (Composer)
Born: 17th May 1866, Honfleur, France
Died: 1st July 1925, Arcueil, France
Nationality: French
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie 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. In the 1880s he worked as a pianist in café-cabaret in Montmartre, Paris, and began composing works, mostly for solo piano, such as his Gymnopédies. He also wrote music for a Rosicrucian sect to which he was briefly attached.
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James listens to a double helping of works by Satie, whose 150th anniversary falls this year.
Popular Genres: Satie
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Vocal
Choral
Popular Works: Satie
- Avant Dernières Pensées (56)
- Chapitres tournés en tous sens (33)
- Croquis et Agaceries d'un Gros Bonhomme en bois (44)
- Descriptions automatiques (34)
- Embryons desséchés (60)
- Gnossienne No. 1 (121)
- Gnossienne No. 2 (45)
- Gnossienne No. 3 (54)
- Gnossienne No. 4 (46)
- Gnossienne No. 5 (36)
- Gymnopédie No. 1 (456)
- Gymnopédie No. 2 (212)
- Gymnopédie No. 3 (264)
- Heures séculaires et instantanées (37)
- Je te veux (128)
- La belle excentrique (41)
- La diva de l'empire (45)
- Le Piccadilly (53)
- Les Pantins dansent (32)
- Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégouté (36)
- Nocturne No. 1 'Doux et calme' (41)
- Nocturne No. 2 'Simplement' (36)
- Nocturne No. 3 'Un peu mouvementé' (40)
- Nocturne No. 4 (38)
- Nocturne No. 5 (33)
- Parade (49)
- Petite Ouverture à danser (40)
- Pièces froides: Airs à faire fuir (3) (55)
- Pièces froides: Danses de travers (3) (63)
- Poudre d'or (39)
- Prélude de la porte héroique du ciel (44)
- Six Gnossiennes (66)
- Sonatine Bureaucratique (58)
- Sonneries de la Rose et Croix (31)
- Sports et Divertissements (66)
- Trois Gymnopédies (137)
- Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire (51)
- Trois Sarabandes (42)
- Véritables préludes flasques (3), pour un chien (32)
- Vieux Sequins et Vieilles Cuirasses (32)
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