Erik Satie
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Paris, France (1866 – 1925)
Over the years, Erik Satie was described as a precursor of movements and styles as varied as impressionism, neo-classicism, dada, surrealism, conceptual art, minimalism, and ambient music. As well 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 a film, in 1924’s 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 twentieth 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 sided with Tzara, but managed to maintain friendly relations with most players in both camps.
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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SATIE: Piano Works (Selection)
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Piano Dreams
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Francis Poulenc Plays The Piano Music Of Erik Satie
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3 Gymnopédies & Other Piano Works (Pascal Rogé)
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Faceless7
потрясающе
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RussellChap
Can't wait for his album of remixes
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carolinaguidi
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Naeuigeudae
Can we get a French person or someone who is knowledgeable about him to give me the correct tag information?
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Stuck_In_Time
Is there a way to manage all the wrong metadata? I am not sure of what tags to suggest, is there any list for taking references of titles so that I can suggest it. Also, why don't the mods look at it? Such an awesome artist and what a shame that all this is messed up.
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poeq
why does anyone give a shit?
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GusAbreu
It doesn't take more than a few seconds.
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UglySyntaxError
i doubt that anyone is bored enough to do that..
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GusAbreu
@Jordinho13 The only way we can fix that is suggesting a correction to the correct tag.
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Jordinho13
What a mess the track list is. Last.fm haven't figured out how to fix this problem in 10 years?
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timothybarnes
I'm listening to Cristina Ariagno's renditions of Satie in the excellent "Complete Piano Works" box set. She is a tremendous pianist.
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Sunn0BzH
+1 CypheroN
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CypheroN
I personally recommend the compilation album "After the Rain" conducted by Pascal Rogé.
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WasNotWhyNot
where do I go from here
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RaggaGammler_
So great! Master.
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Satie-sfied
Master
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Sr_Jones
<3 Incredible man...
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JBThazard
v Preach on, sistuh
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mattmacneil
I think it's just a poorly worded sentence. I'm sure it meant that he was one of the first musicians to make a cameo appearance in a film.
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bzsd
What does the sentence "Satie became one of the first musicians to perform a cameo appearance in the 1924 film, Entr’acte, by the French filmmaker René Clair. " mean? He was the first musician to make a cameo in that film and afterwards someone else made a cameo in the same film as well?
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