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
Erik Satie
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Eric Alfred Leslie Satie, better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but was undistinguished
Descriptions automatiques
…The Descriptions automatiques (Automatic Descriptions) is a 1913 piano composition by Erik Satie. The second of his humoristic keyboard suites (1912–15), it set the tone for the rest of the series by introducing elements of musical parody, and in…
Satie in 1920
Satie's birthplace and childhood home in Honfleur, Normandy, now a museum
Satie in 1884
Satie by Santiago Rusiñol, 1890s