Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes and Other Works for Piano

Erik Satie (1866-1925): Gymnopedias, Gnosianas y otras obras para piano.

In his piano works especially, Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a witty musical caricaturist. The eccentric French composer loved to satirize academic rules in general and the impressionistic titles of Debussy's compositions in particular, giving his own works such surrealistic names as Pieces in Pear Form and Dried Embryos, and annotating them with equally bizarre musical directions: "Tres 'neuf heures du malin'" (Very "nine in the morning"), "Corpulentus" (Corpulent), and so on. His comic spirit is equally embodied in the music itself, as this delightful selection of seventeen piano works amply proves. They are as spare, lively and capricious as they are hauntingly melodic. In addition to the well-known Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, the pieces reproduced here include Sarabandes, Pièces froides, Poudre d'or, En habit de cheval, Morceaux en forme de poire, Embryons desséchés, Aperçus désagreables, Descriptions automatiques and more.

This volume, the largest collection of Satie's piano works yet published, has been reprinted on fine-quality paper from authoritative original editions, and sturdily bound to provide you a lifetime of study and enjoyment. In its pages are 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.

Unabridged Dover (1989) republication of early editions published by Max Eschig, E. Demetz and Rouart, Lerolle.

CONTENIDO:

- Sarabandes (1887)
No. l
No. 2
No. 3

- Gymnopédies [Gymnopaidiai] (1888)

- Trois Gnossiennes [Three Dances of Knosos (?)] (1890)

- Le Fils des Etoiles: Wagnérie Kaldéenne du Sâr Péladan [The Son of the Stars: A Chaldean Wagnery by Sâr Péladan] (1891)
Prélude du 1er Acte: La Vocation
Prélude du 2e Acte: L'Initiation
Prélude du)e Acte: L'Incantation

- Sonneries de la Rose + Croix [Trumpet Calls of the Rose + Cross] (1892)
Air de l'Ordre
Air du Grand Maître
Air du Grand Prieur

- Prélude de La Porte Héroïque du Ciel [Prelude ta The Heroic Gate of Heaven] (1894)

- Pièces Froides [Cold Pieces] (1897)
Airs à Faire Fuir: I, II, III
Danses de Travers: I, II, III

- Poudre d'Or [Gold Dust] (c. 1901)

- 3 Morceaux en Forme de Poire (à 4 mains) avec une Manière de Commencement, une Prolongation du même & un En Plus, suivi d'une Redite [3 Pieces in Pear Form (for four hands) with a By Way of a Beginning, an Extension of the Same, and an In Addition, followed by a Repetition] (1903)
Manière de Commencement
Prolongation du Même I, II, III
En Plus
Redite

- En Habit de Cheval [In Riding Habit] (four hands) (1911)
Choral
Fugue Litanique
Autre Choral
Fugue de Papier

- Aperçus Désagréables [Unpleasant Observations] (four hands) (1912)
Pastorale
Choral
Fugue

-Véritables Préludes Flasques (pour un chien) [Genuine Flabby Preludes (for a dog)] (1912)
Sévère Réprimande
Seul à la Maison
On Joue

- Descriptions Automatiques [Automatic Descriptions] (1913)
Sur un Vaisseau
Sur une Lanterne
Sur un Casque

- Embryons Desséchés [Dried Embryos] (191))
I: d'Holothurie
II: d'Edriophthalma
III: de Podophthalma

- Croquis et Agaceries d'un Gros Bonhomme en Bois [Sketches and Provocations of a Portly Wooden Mannikin] (1913)
No. 1: Tyrolienne Turque
No. 2: Danse Maigre (à la Manière de Ces Messieurs)
No. 3: Españaña

- Chapitres Tournés en Tous Sens [Chapters Turned Every Which Way] (1913)
Celle Qui Parle Trop
Le Porteur de Grosses Pierres
Regrets des Enfermés (Jonas et Latude)

- Vieux Sequins et Vieilles Cuirasses [Old Sequins and Old Breastplates] (1913)
I: Chez le Marchand d'Or (Venise, XIIIe Siècle)
II: Danse Cuirassée (Période Grecque)
III: La Défaite des Cimbres (Cauchemar)