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
Satie in 1920
Satie's birthplace and childhood home in Honfleur, Normandy, now a museum
Satie in 1884
Satie by Santiago Rusiñol, 1890s
Sarabandes (Satie)
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The Sarabandes are three dances for solo piano composed in 1887 by Erik Satie. Along with the famous Gymnopédies they are regarded as his first important works, and the ones upon which his reputation
Erik Satie in army uniform, 1893 painting by Marcellin Desboutin
The Arras Citadel, where Satie was stationed during his military service
Emmanuel Chabrier
Maurice Ravel, 1910