Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, pianist and writer.
He preferred spelling his name as Erik Satie, dating back to his first composition in 1884. He wrote articles for several periodicals; there appears to have been a brief period in the late 1880s during which he published articles under the pseudonym Virginie Lebeau, although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name.
Satie introduced himself as a "gymnopedist" from 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. He also referred to himself as a 'phonometrograph' or 'phonometrician,' meaning 'someone who measures and writes down sounds' — he preferred this definition of his profession to 'musician,' after having been called 'a clumsy but subtle technician' in a book on contemporary French composers in 1911. Some view him as a serial precursor, being ahead of many 20th century avant-garde artistic ideas; see below. (Hide extended text) ... (Read all)
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Interest : Skill level : Je commence à peine le piano.
j\'ai exactement deux mois
dans les doigts. Je me lance
le défi de pouvoir jouer cette
partition.
Encore merci!!
Interest : Skill level : Thank you, I've been looking
for some nice music for my
guitar quartet! Such a
gorgeous set of pieces. It
suits guitar as well, you can
put lots of vibrato on the
tune :). However, it's quite a
dull arrangement if you're
playing guitar 2, 3 or 4 ie.
not the tune. It sounds
gorgeous, just not sure how
much they'll enjoy playing it.
Well done on your arrangement
though!
Comment posted the 2011-11-18, by Valele (visitor)
Interest : Skill level : merci beaucoup pour cette
transcription, je préfère les
pièces de Satie sur la guitare
plutôt que sur le piano, j\'y
trouve plus de légèreté et de
fluidité (c\'est subjectif
bien sûr)
Comment posted the 2011-10-30, by littelking (visitor)
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Satie, Erik : Three Gymnopédies
Satie, Erik : 1ere gymnopédie
Satie, Erik : Gymnopedie 3
