Erik Satie remains one of the most bizarre figures in music history, yet everything he did has its own curious logic, once it can be perceived. In this important new study Dr Orledge reveals what made Satie 'tick' as a composer, dealing with every aspect of Satie's complex career and relating his achievement to the other arts and to the society in which he lived. Almost every figure in contemporary art was involved with Satie in some way or another, from Matisse and Picasso to Apollinaire, Cocteau and Brancusi. This, however, is no mere life-and-works study but rather an exploration of the technique behind Satie's art, which foreshadowed most of the 'advances' of twentieth-century music from serialism to minimalism, and even muzak. As the book progresses Satie appears as far more than just the composer of the popular Gymnopédies and Parade.

Satie the Composer (Music in the Twentieth Century)

Arts & Photography

Orledge, Robert

Music

Cambridge University Press

Debussy and the Theatre means, in effect, 'Debussy and Pellias et Milisande', the only stage work Debussy chose and completed himself without a definite production in view. The opera both established Debussy's mature style and reputation in the forefront of contemporary composers and changed the course of operatic history. But Pelléas was also largely responsible for Debussy's `compulsive inachievement' in the theatre. Before it he delayed completing other works so that Albert Carré's production at the Opéra-Comique would be his theatre debut; and then its traumatic dress-rehearsal in April 19o2 left him reluctant to undergo another similar experience. This, coupled with his search for lyrical librettos or scenarios that could inspire the rhythm and colour that he regarded as vital ingredients in theatre music, resulted in a career littered with abandoned projects. The story of this most fascinating of love-hate relationships with the stage is told, as far as possible, in the composer's own words or from contemporary documents.

Debussy and the Theatre

Biographies & Memoirs

SATIE REMEMBERED.

Arts & Literature

Amadeus

[Satie, Erik] Orledge, Robert. Satie Remembered. With translations from the French by Roger Nichols. London and Boston, Faber and Faber Limited, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXVIII, 226 pages. With 20 illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Composers Remembered Series] Includes the following Youth and student years / The Bohemian and mystic in Montmartre / At home (i) In the rue Cortot (ii) In Arcueil / On foot in all weathers / In cafes and restaurants / With friends and other artists / Vexations and vicissitudes / As composer and precursor / Success and the war years / Last high society and the theatre / Final illness and death. From 'Gymnopedies' to the scandalous ballet 'Relache', Erik Satie's creations are paradoxical and extraordinary, and the mask the composer created for himself was as deliberately ambiguous as his music. This biography, published to tie in with the 70th anniversary of Satie's death, includes evidence and reminiscences from a wide variety of acquaintances, friends, fellow artists and antagonists. More than half the extracts in the book appear in English for the first time. (Amazon) Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th-century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, Surrealism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd. An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a 'gymnopedist' in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Later, he also referred to himself as a 'phonometrician' (meaning 'someone who measures sounds'), preferring this designation to that of 'musician', after having been called 'a clumsy but subtle technician' in a book on contemporary French composers published in..

Satie Remembered

Faber&Faber

(Amadeus). Acquaintances, friends, fellow artists, and even antagonists share their recollections of the acknowledged leader of the French musical avant-garde. HARDCOVER.

Satie Remembered Hardcover

Humor & Entertainment

Amadeus Press

(Amadeus). Acquaintances, friends, fellow artists, and even antagonists share their recollections of the acknowledged leader of the French musical avant-garde.

Satie Remembered Paperback

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): His Life and Works (Contemporary Music Studies)

Routledge

Charles Koechlin, 1867-1950: His Life and Works (Contemporary Music Studies, Vol. 1)

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Satie the Composer (Music in the Twentieth Century)

Debussy and the Theatre

Debussy and the Theatre

Satie the Composer (Music in the Twentieth Century)

SATIE REMEMBERED.

Satie Remembered

Satie Remembered Hardcover

Satie Remembered Paperback

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950): His Life and Works (Contemporary Music Studies)

Charles Koechlin, 1867-1950: His Life and Works (Contemporary Music Studies, Vol. 1)