Performances in N.Y.C. A century after the composer’s death, he is ubiquitous on relaxation playlists. Those just scratch the surface of a stranger, more complicated career. Credit...Photo12/Universal ...
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Erik Satie, the People’s Composer
The absurd titles of Erik Satie’s compositions would provoke howls of laughter at concerts in early 20th-century Paris. Some critics condemned Satie’s eccentricities — but a new book argues that his ...
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Stately and serene, Erik Satie’s Gymnopédies offer music of radical simplicity and transcendent beauty, from a composer who defied convention in his music and in his personal life. M. Erik Satie was ...
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Publicity image for Alistair McGowan's radio drama about Erik Satie: Three Pieces of a Pear I've hero-worshipped the French composer Erik Satie for many years. Not only was he a hugely innovative and ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On the centenary of Erik Satie’s death, music critic Ian Penman wants to downplay the few garish facts people ...
Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No 1 might be a pop classic, but there’s much, much more to the fascinating and eccentric French composer Film-makers have missed a trick with the life of Erik Satie. A biopic ...
A performance of Erik Satie’s piano piece Vexations can last 20 hours. But is it avant-garde art, or a misunderstood joke? Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose ...
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