Erik Satie

by Rollo H. Myers

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486219038
• ISBN13: 9780486219035
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"

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Biography of an Influential French Composer

From back cover: "Although he is remembered as the major influence on the 20th century composers (including Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, and Honegger) known as 'Les Six,' and as a working partner with Cocteau, Diaghilev, and Picasso whenever these three were virtually creating modern ballet, Erik Satie (1866-1925) is sadly underrated as a composer. He was a strikingly original musician, and he did more to enlarge the boundaries of musical form and to incorporate material from the other arts than probably any other composers. Only now is his musical achievement receiving wide recognition. This book is the first extended study in English of Satie. Its aim is both to bring his music to a wider public and to demonstrate the importance of his pioneering work in contemporary music and the influence he has had on some of this century's leading composers. It begins with a long biographical essay and the analyses the explanations of such Satie compositions as the Sarabandes, the three Gymnopedies, the songs, and the four ballets - Uspud, Parade, Mercure, and Relache. Themes, innovations, styles, public reaction, interpretation, and other pertinent matters are discussed. The final chapters cover Satie's character, his role in contemporary music, and his important writings, quoting from autobiographical essays, articles, letters, conservations, and the famous 'Memoires d'un Amnesique' to present Satie's theories of music. Appendices translate material quoted in French and provide original French texts for other material referred to. There is also a complete list of Satie's published musical works." 17 Illustrations, 32 musical excerpts.