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Erik Satie

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Erik Satie , 1866-1925, French composer, studied at the Paris Conservatory; pupil of Vincent D'Indy and Albert Roussel at the Schola Cantorum. He early realized that the romantic Wagnerian style was incompatible with the expression of French sensibility, and he developed a restrained, abstract, and deceptively simple style. In such piano pieces as Sarabandes (1887) and Gymnopédies (1888) he anticipated some of the harmonic innovations of the impressionists Debussy and Ravel; but in later works such as Socrate (1918; a setting of Plato's Dialogues for four sopranos and chamber... Read more
Erik Satie
Erik Satie Erik Satie (1866-1925) was an eccentric but important...of the next generation of composers. Erik Satie was born in Honfleur to a French father...Additional Sources Gillmor, Alan M., Erik Satie, Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1988. Harding... Read more
Satie, Erik (Alfred Leslie)
Satie, Erik (Alfred Leslie) [ Eric Satie] ( b Honfleur, 1866; d Paris, 1925). Fr. composer and pianist...whistle, and siren. Later, was assoc. with Surrealists and Dadaists. Satie's importance lay in directing a new generation of Fr. composers... Read more

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