Descriptions automatiques
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The Descriptions automatiques is a 1913 piano composition by Erik Satie. The second of his humoristic keyboard suites, it set the tone for the rest of the series by introducing elements of musical par
Arnold Schoenberg helped introduce Satie's music to Vienna and Prague, including the Descriptions automatiques
Pièces froides
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The Pièces froides are two sets of piano pieces composed in March 1897 by Erik Satie. Unpublished until 1912, they marked Satie's break from the mystical-religious music of his "Rosicrucian" period, a
Erik Satie in his "Velvet Gentleman" garb of the late 1890s
6 Rue Cortot in Montmartre, Paris, where Satie lived from 1890 to 1898.
Satie in his first room at 6 Rue Cortot. Circa 1891 painting by Santiago Rusiñol