Satie, Erik, << sah TEE, eh REEK >> (1866-1925), a French composer, spent his entire career challenging established conventions in music. Satie was unconcerned about rules in music, and he especially disliked romanticism and impressionism.
Most of Satie’s compositions are for the piano. Satie’s most popular work is the first of his three Gymnopedies (1888). Many of his compositions contain humorous commentaries. They include Sports and Entertainments (1914) and Bureaucratic Sonatina (1917), which is a parody of a teaching piece by composer Muzio Clementi. Satie’s eccentric sense of humor is reflected in his choice of titles, such as Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear (1903) and Desiccated Embryos (1913). His most famous large-scale compositions are the music for the ballet Parade (1917), which includes parts for a siren and typewriters, and the cantata Socrate (1919).
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Eric Alfred Leslie Satie was born on May 17, 1866, in Honfleur, near Le Havre. He changed his first name to Erik in 1888. For many years, he barely earned a living as a cafe pianist in Paris. He began to gain recognition as a composer after about 1910. He died on July 1, 1925.
