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3 days ago

How Erik Satie Invented Modern Music: A Visual Explanation

Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1 uses simple iambic rhythm and ambiguous major-seventh harmonies to produce a circular, haunting melody that concludes in profound melancholy.
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2 months ago

Listen to Never-Before-Heard Works by Erik Satie, Performed 100 Years After His Death

These twenty-seven previously unheard works by Erik Satie, from playful cabaret songs to minimalist nocturnes, have been painstakingly pieced together from hundreds of small notebooks.
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2 months ago

Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death

Remarking on how unusual it was to find a single previously unknown Satie work, let alone 27, Nye said: 'Most of us assumed that after all this time pretty much anything of any interest had already been published.'
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

It is trance-like': pianist Igor Levit performs Erik Satie's Vexations 840 times

Igor Levit performed Satie's Vexations for 16 hours straight, showcasing an unprecedented live marathon concert experience in the UK.
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