Wednesday 23 May 2007
Sonatine Bureaucratique/Erik Satie
Classical music generally tends to be serious stuff with serious titles like Concerto #3 in D Minor or Opus 11 Movement 1. Erik Satie, on the other hand, wrote pieces like Genuine Flabby Preludes (for a dog) and Dried up Embryos. He also wrote text to accompany his scores, like this.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
That was fabulous. I was just reading about Satie last week in Writer's Almanac (May 17):
It's the birthday of composer Erik Satie, born in a seaport town in northern France in 1866. He's known for his simples piano pieces with exotic titles like Veritable Flabby Preludes (for a Dog) (1912). When he was accused of writing music without form, he immediately composed a series of piano duets called Three Pear-shaped Pieces (1903). Many of his scores gave unusual instructions to the performers, like "Light as an egg," "With astonishment," or "Work it out yourself."
Oh, I love it (that part about the pear-shaped pieces). Obviously a man with a great sense of humour!
This is fabulous. Never knew about him before. Love his sense of humor with all the notes on his sheet music, very random yet right there.
I knew about the crickets (one of his Gymnopedies is in my car), but not the rest. What fun! Doesn't everyone just love their green satin sleeve protectors? And yes, if only that rise would come!
Post a Comment