Satie the Composer by Robert Orledge

Satie the Composer by Robert Orledge

Erik Satie remains one of the most bizarre figures in music history, yet everything he did has its own curious logic, once it can be perceived. In this important new study Dr Orledge reveals what made Satie 'tick' as a composer, dealing with every aspect of Satie's complex career and relating his achievement to the other arts and to the society in which he lived. Almost every figure in contemporary art was involved with Satie in some way or another, from Matisse and Picasso to Apollinaire, Cocteau and Brancusi. This, however, is no mere life-and-works study but rather an exploration of the technique behind Satie's art, which foreshadowed most of the 'advances' of twentieth-century music from serialism to minimalism, and even muzak. As the book progresses Satie appears as far more than just the composer of the popular Gymnop dies and Parade.

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ISBN 13	9780521078993
ISBN 10	0521078997
Title	Satie the Composer
Author	Robert Orledge
Series	Music In The Twentieth Century
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2008-12-04
Number of pages	440
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