Satie, Erik : Embryons dessechés

In the summer of 1913 Satie once more poked fun at himself and the world of music with a set of parodic piano pieces on various marine animals, giving it the grotesque title 'Embryons desséchés? (Dessicated Embryos)(BA 10811). The atmospheric cycle 'Avant-dernières Pensées? (Next-to-last Thoughts) (BA 10849) of 1915, with its underlaid words, likewise belongs to Satie's 'story pieces'. The notation without barlines, the 'stories' beneath the music and the spoofsof well-known pieces of music, most strikingly the Funeral March from Chopin's Piano Sonata in B minor, make the work a barrel of musical fun. The curious performance instructions in these three miniatures, all based on ostinato figures, amusingly lampoon the ideal of Romantic expressiveness. These two Urtext editions faithfully adhere to the sources and reflect the latest findings of Satie scholarship. They contain translations of all of Satie's French texts, practical page-turns, notes on performance practice by Satie specialist Steffen Schleiermacher and informative Forewords. The pieces range from an easy to moderate level of difficulty and provide an ideal additional varied repertoire for teaching purposes. / Piano

Description This volume is the largest collection of Satie's piano works yet published, including some of the most original and appealing achievements of a turbulent era in music, compositions that influenced such modern masters as Ravel, Milhaud and Poulenc. This delightful collection includes the well-known Gymnopedies , Gnossiennes , Sarabandes and much more. Songlist Apercus Desagreables Chapitres Tournes En Tous Sens Croquis Et Agaceries D'un Gros Bonhomme En Bois Descriptions Automatiques Embryons Desseches En Habit De Cheval Le Fils Des Etoiles Morceaux En Forme De Poire Pieces Froides Poudre D'or Prelude De La Porte Heroique Du Ciel Sarabandes No.1, 2, 3 Sonneries De La Rose Trois Gnossiennes Trois Gymnopedies Veritables Preludes Flasques Vieux Sequins Et Vieilles Cuirasses