Erik Satie
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Satie wrote music known for eccentric titles and performance directions, unique sound, and lack of allegiance to any one aesthetic.
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Composition Highlights
Title
Year
Avg. Duration
Genre
Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy)
1888
08:35
Keyboard
Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra
1916
14:04
Ballet
Gnossiennes (6), for piano
1889
12:04
Keyboard
Morceaux (3) en forme de poire (3 pieces in the form of a pear), for piano, 4 hands or orchestra
1903
10:49
Keyboard
Messe des pauvres (Mass for the poor), for piano, chorus & organ
1892
16:57
Choral
Sports et divertissements (Sports and diversions), pieces (21) for piano
1914
11:28
Keyboard
Descriptions automatiques, for piano
1913
04:25
Keyboard
Relâche (No Performance Today), ballet for orchestra (also piano version)
1924
08:49
Ballet
Le fils des étoiles, Chaldean pastoral, 3 preludes for piano
1891
10:34
Keyboard
Sonneries de la Rose + Croix, for piano
1892
12:21
Keyboard
Véritables préludes flasques pour un chien (Truly Flabby Preludes for a Dog), for piano
1912
02:44
Keyboard
Prélude de La Porte héroïque du ciel (Prelude to "The Heroic Gate of Heaven"), incidental music for piano (or orchestra)
1894
04:34
Keyboard
Avant-dernières pensées (Next-to-last thoughts), pieces (3) for piano
1915
03:25
Keyboard
Embryons desséchés (3 dried-up embryos), for piano
1913
05:44
Keyboard
Sonatine bureaucratique, for piano
1916
03:53
Keyboard
Les valses (3) distinguées du précieux dégoûté (3 distinguished waltzes of a disgusted dandy), for piano
1914
02:54
Keyboard
Nocturnes (5) for piano
1919
10:11
Keyboard
Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (3 sketches and exasperations of a big wooden fellow), for piano
1913
04:29
Keyboard
Préludes flasques; pour un chien (Flabby preludes; for a dog), for piano
1912
03:38
Keyboard
Vieux séquins et vieilles cuirasses (Old sequins and armor), for piano
1913
03:48
Keyboard
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