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 Unpublished until 1912, they marked Satie's break from the mystical-religious music of his "Rosicrucian" period, a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
Trois Morceaux en forme de poire is a 1903 suite for piano four hands by French composer Erik Satie. A lyrical compendium of his early music, it is one of Satie's most famous compositions, second in p
Erik Satie
Claude Debussy
Honoré Daumier's 1831 caricature of King Louis Philippe's head turning into a pear
Cover for the original edition of Satie's Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (1911)