The Véritables Préludes flasques is a 1912 piano composition by Erik Satie. The first of his published humoristic piano suites of the 1910s, it signified a breakthrough in his creative development and
Schola Cantorum in Paris
Cover of the original edition (1912) of the Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien)
Ricardo Viñes in 1919
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
Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien)
…The Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien) (True Flabby Preludes for a Dog) is a 1912 piano composition by Erik Satie. The first of his published humoristic piano suites of the 1910s, it signified a breakthrough in his creative development and in the public perception…
Satie in 1920
Satie's birthplace and childhood home in Honfleur, Normandy, now a museum
Satie in 1884
Satie by Santiago Rusiñol, 1890s