Erik Satie

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French (1866 – 1925)

Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, pianist, and writer.

Over the years, Erik Satie would be described as a precursor of movements and styles as varied as impressionism, neo-classicism, dada, surrealism, conceptual art, minimalism and ambient music. As taking the first steps towards techniques such as prepared piano and music-to-film synchronisation, Satie became one of the first musicians to perform a cameo appearance in the 1924 film, Entr’acte, by the French filmmaker René Clair.

Satie appears to have been the avant-garde to half of the avant-garde movements of the 20th century. He was in contact with Tristan Tzara, the initiator of the Dada movement. He got to know the other Dadaists, such as Francis Picabia (later to become a Surrealist), André Derain, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray.

Satie contributed to the Dadaist publication 391. In the first months of 1922, he was surprised to find himself entangled in the argument between Tzara and André Breton. Satie originally sides with Tzara, but manages to maintain friendly relations with most players in both camps.

Eccentric yet visionary French composer, Erik Satie is today regarded as a key modernist composer. As well as influencing contemporaries such as Claude Debussy, who orchestrated some of his piano works, and Maurice Ravel, his tendency towards simplicity and repetition continue to inform modern avant-garde genres.

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1	Gymnopedie No. 1 full track	830
2	Gnossienne No. 1 full track	824
3	Gymnopedie No.1	808
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5	Gymnopedie No. 3 full track	453
6	Gymnopedie No. 2 full track	446
7	Gnossienne No. 4	423
8	Gnossienne No. 3	402
9	Gnossienne No. 2	355
10	Gnossienne No. 5	327
11	Sonatine bureaucratique	285
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noisebus wrote:
2 hours ago

Parade the great

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Eikinskjaldi wrote:
5 hours ago

Watching the snow fall outside in the middle of the night, listening to Satie... perfect.

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phantompabulum wrote:
yesterday morning

Sublime

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sisterthyme wrote:
Monday morning

Beautiful. Gymnopedie No. 1 and Gnossienne No. 1 are both two of the most stunning classical pieces ever created, by far. When I started teaching myself to play classical music on the piano, the first thing I wanted to play was Satie.

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liilo wrote:
Sunday afternoon

właśnie się zakochałam.

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aliespirituzomg wrote:
Sunday morning

I love listening to his 24-hour Vexations.

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Brunoligado wrote:
Wednesday evening

Where can I download it for free? I guess his works are in public domain already.

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li-_-il wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

持ってるCDのアーティスト欄が「Various Artists」ってなってたんだけど、「Erik Satie」に書き換えちゃった。ｗ

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Lanheart wrote:
last week

Gymnopedie No. 1 is just awesome!

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schokone wrote:
last month

i like animes...but i don't like anime freaks you narrow minder :D

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SaWyErrr wrote:
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animé freaks should just die in the name of all the good things in the universe [3]

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ExistenceMagick wrote:
last month

If you don't enjoy anime you're clearly not a truly postmodern individual, or misinformed, or something. OT: I'll cheque out this Ozymandias fellow

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schokone wrote:
last month

animé freaks should just die in the name of all the good things in the universe [2]

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Acquisition wrote:
last month

so amazing.

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Jaciana wrote:
last month

Edênico.

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Jaciana wrote:
last month

Perfeição.

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LauraM2009 wrote:
last month

xxx

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GenocideGod wrote:
last month

A wholehearted recommendation for all the lovers of Satie's beautiful piano work: Ozymandias. His composing prowess is astounding and his approach to composing for piano reminds me very much of Satie. I, personally, think he should be more widely appreciated, so I thought what better place to post it but the shoutbox of the man I think is the most kindred to him?

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conomi7144 wrote:
last month

8-）

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aemarse wrote:
last month

Electro-acoustic ensemble at Loyola University of New Orleans performed Satie's "Vexations" for 24 hours! http://palmetto.loyno.edu/eae/viewer.php?photo=vexations

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