Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866–Paris, 1 July 1925) was a F… Read Full Bio ↴Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866–Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, pianist, and writer.
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 two of Satie's Gymnopédies, Maurice Ravel, and a group of composers known as the Les Six, his tendency towards simplicity and repetition continue to inform modern avant-garde genres.
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 two of Satie's Gymnopédies, Maurice Ravel, and a group of composers known as the Les Six, his tendency towards simplicity and repetition continue to inform modern avant-garde genres.
Gymnopedie No.3
Erik Satie Lyrics
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Pedro Vergara Meersohn
Aroma de sándalo
y frescas naranjas.
Chocolate amargo
y girasoles al alba.
Satie, piano y lágrimas,
un beso olvidado.
Una mirada, la luna
y yo sin palabras.
Perdido, sin aurora
en una noche clara,
que vuela desnuda
al nido y ya sin alas.
Un lecho de flores,
la vida calla y llama.
Ya no habrá más luz,
no será jamás mañana.
jordi de waard
My favourite teacher (who adored Satie, we became good friends because I am a classical pianist, and she started talking about how she loved Satie) died from a traumatic brain injury causing inside bleeding 2 days ago.
It was so sudden since she seemed so well last Friday..I played the 3 gymnopédies yesterday evening for her, I hope it puts her soul at ease. She used to love it when I talked about the piano, and kept telling me to make a recording for her. Guess I never managed to do that in the end.
I will really miss her, especially after she helped me so much. I got very depressed to the point of almost killing myself several times on my previous school, so meeting someone like her this school year was amazing. She made me trust school, and the teachers again. I even had fun going to school!
I am writing this with tears in my eyes, and I want to say to everyone reading this to treasure the time you spend with the people you love. Horrible things like sudden bleedings can take someone's life away in a matter of hours, even though that person might seem healthy.
I hope that somehow I have pleased her by playing her favourite pieces by Satie, this one in particular. And it somehow made up for the fact that she never got to hear me play when she was alive.
May her soul rest in peace
@viniciusvkg
The Eye That Sees Nothing
It was almost midnight,
It was a crazy night!
It was almost, it was life,
Hera of clouds and thunder...
My bloody brown eyes,
My mind of winds and moments.
My lips burned by the breeze,
My decapitated head in the flower bed.
The gentle will of the lilies,
Made up my delirium.
And time became so atrocious,
Revealing a ferocious beast...
My torn body at the back door,
The gray blue breeze that the morning brings!
The sweet voice that I don't hear anymore, The lord of time, the time of ever.
Ass: Gillo's vucetich. 04/08
Iriscience
He hits the notes so softly...like gentle love for the piano as if it's going to shatter into pieces...
Josh Baino
Or like he is about to shatter into pieces
Earl Garcia
You know that’s not him playing right…?
Nathan
@Earl Garcia well he tells us how to play it, no?
No one
This melody makes dancing like the gentlemen of 17' era.
It is so peaceful
So relaxing
So ethistic
I love yall guys so much♥️♥️♥️
Twistedlogic
This is a piece I would play only for myself, the kind of sadness I would like to enjoy in complete solitude and peace. These slow notes will gather the million broken parts of your shattered soul and join them into a beautiful, soft wave of pure feeling..
Freddy
Well said
G Young
He had guts to share that intimate moment and accept criticism. That must’ve been hard.
Joseph Cusumano
To enjoy sadness must be one of the most difficult experiences a human being can have.
Micael Nielsen
You can... It's not that dificult!