Gymnopedie no. 1
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Product ID: GM1 CL115
By Erik Satie
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
Stone
Series:
Concert Classics
Genre:
Impressionism
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
2:30
Level: 3
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The first of Erik Satie's hauntingly beautiful Gymnopedies, originally a set of three piano pieces, is here arranged for orchestra. Minimum requirements are strings only (without bass).
Instrumentation
Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets in Bb, Bassoon, 2 Horns in F (or Eb) or Alto Saxophones, 2 Trumpets in Bb Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola or Violin 3, Cello, Bass)
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Composer
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (pronounced: [eʁik sati]) (17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925; signed his name Erik Satie after 1884) was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.[citation needed]
An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Later, he also referred to himself as a "phonometrician" (meaning "someone who measures sounds") preferring this designation to that of a "musician", after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911.
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