Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall

by Steven Moore Whiting

Overview

The composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) came of age in the bohemian sub-culture of Montmartre, with its artists' cabarets and cafés-concerts. These colorful milieux decisively shaped his aesthetic priorities and compositional strategies, from the esoteric Gymnopédies of the 1880s to the avant-garde ballets of the 1920s. Whiting makes this radical transvaluation of received artistic values more understandable by placing it in the full context of bohemian Montmartre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198164586
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/15/1999
Series:	Oxford Monographs on Music
Pages:	604
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.50(d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Michigan

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I: Café-Concert, Music-Hall, Cabaret1. IntroductionThe Café-Concert2. From Caf'Conç' to Music-Hall3. The Cabaret artistiquePart II: Satie's Involvement in Popular MilieuxIntroduction4. Satie at the Chat Noir5. Satie and the Divan Japonais6. Satie at the Auberge du Clou7. From the Auberge du Clou to Arcueil8. Satie and Hyspa9. Of Pantomimes and Pears10. Waltz, Cakewalk, Theatre SongPart III: From Cabaret to Concert HallIntroduction11. Satie's Humoristic Works for Piano12. From Chanson to Mélodie and Back13. The Composer as Playwright14. Autour de Cocteau, or the Uses of Popular Music15. On revient toujours: Satie's Last BalletsBibliographyIndex of Satie's Works and WritingsGeneral Index

Editorial Reviews

"If the portrait of one of the most colorful cultural icons of an inordinately dynamic and colorful era is clarity and eloquence, has altered our perception dramaticlly."— Journal of the American Musicology Society.

"...Professor Whiting not only writes engagingly but has something new and perceptive to say about every composition....there is so much to say about this excellent and thought-provoking book....Whiting possesses the rare ability to penetrate the strange logic of Satie's compositional mind....this book will remain indispensable to anyone interested in Satie's music."—Times Literary Supplement

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