Twenty Short Pieces for Piano (Sports et Divertissements): (Sheet Music)

by Erik Satie, Erik Satie (Composer)

Overview

Composer Erik Satie (1866–1925) exercised a profound effect on twentieth-century music. His innovative harmonies, freedom of form, and mastery of musical understatement influenced a diverse company of modern masters, ranging from Debussy and Ravel to Milhaud, Poulenc, and Cage. This is a facsimile of an extremely rare collection of the French master's brilliant thumbnail sketches — both musical and verbal — of various outdoor sports and amusements.
Satie created these pieces to accompany an album of charming, sophisticated drawings by Charles Martin, a well-known illustrator of the day. The composer also added droll verbal commentaries and inscribed both words and music in an exquisite calligraphic hand. Published in the 1920s in a limited edition, the album is very scarce today. This modestly priced edition of a rare treasure features black-and-white illustrations and English translations of Satie's eccentric verbal notations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486243658
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	05/17/2012
Series:	Dover Music for Piano Series
Edition description:	Facsimile
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	722,498
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.60(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

French composer Erik Satie (1866–1925) exercised a profound effect on 20th-century music, creating innovative harmonies with a freedom of form and mastery of musical understatement that influenced modern masters from Debussy and Ravel to Milhaud, Poulenc, and Cage.

Table of Contents

La Balançoire (The Swing)
La Chasse (Hunting)
La Comédie italienne (Italian Comedy)
Le Réveil de la Mariée (The Awakening of the Bride)
Colin-Maillard (Blindman's Buff)
La Pêche (Fishing)
Le Yachting (Yachting)
Le Bain de mer (Ocean Bathing)
Le Carnaval (Carnival)
Le Golf (Golf)
La Pieuvre (The Octopus)
Les Courses (Racing)
Les Quatre-coins (Puss in the Corner)
Le Pique-nique (The Picnic)
Le Water-chute (Shoot-the-Chutes)
Le Tango (perpétuel) (The [Perpetual] Tango)
Le Traîneau (The Sled)
Le Flirt (Flirting)
Le Feu d'Artifice (Fireworks)
Le Tennis (Tennis)