{"product_id":"gymnopzsdies-gnossiennes-and-other-works-for-piano-9780486259789","title":"Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes and Other Works for Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his piano works especially, Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a witty musical caricaturist. The eccentric French composer loved to satirize academic rules in general and the impressionistic titles of Debussy's compositions in particular, giving his own works such surrealistic names as \u003ci\u003ePieces in Pear Form\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDried Embryos\u003c\/i\u003e, and annotating them with equally bizarre musical directions: \"Tres 'neuf heures du matin\" (Very \"nine in the morning\"), \"Corpulentus\" (Corpulent), and so on. His comic spirit is equally embodied in the music itself, as this delightful selection of seventeen piano works amply proves. They are as spare, lively, and capricious as they are hauntingly melodic. In addition to the well-known \u003ci\u003eGymnopédies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGnossiennes\u003c\/i\u003e, the pieces reproduced here include \u003ci\u003eSarabandes, Pièces froides, Poudre d'or, En habit de cheval, Morceaux en forme de poire, Embryons desséchés, Aperçus désagreables, Descriptions automatiques, \u003c\/i\u003eand more.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, the largest collection of Satie's piano works yet published, has been reprinted on fine-quality paper from authoritative original editions, and sturdily bound to provide you a lifetime of study and enjoyment. In its pages are some of the most original and appealing achievements of a turbulent era in music, compositions that influenced such modern masters as Ravel, Milhaud, and Poulenc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik Satie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.87h x 8.96w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486259789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrench composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) exercised a profound effect on 20th-century music, creating innovative harmonies with a freedom of form and mastery of musical understatement that influenced modern masters from Debussy and Ravel to Milhaud, Poulenc, and Cage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Erik Satie \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47733858467997,"sku":"9780486259789","price":37.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_491462c0-7859-4007-bb96-9706dc158429.jpg?v=1773737020","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/gymnopzsdies-gnossiennes-and-other-works-for-piano-9780486259789","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}