![]() It is simple sheet music but what a pianist does with such a spare guide is what it’s about. But it’s very relaxing to hear, this minimalist piano solo. Hardly any notes, ample instrumental space, floating music structure. “Gymnopedie No.1” is slow burn music with bold wit. Not that it was entirely considered unsophisticated, it was possibly in transition and played more infrequently. At one time in musical history, Satie’s works were classified as “furniture” or background music. His avant-garde renditions of music and his novel chords took music into the 20th century, not with aplomb right away, but it set the stage for new musical species. His works were a mockery to preludes, sonatas, and grandiose compositions. He returned to formal studies and was esteemed by his colleagues for his subversion against Romanticism. Satie was a student of the Paris Conservatory but he quit and became a cafe pianist. His profession, gymnopedist, is as unique as the gymnopedies. It was among three gymnopedies composed by the French gymnopedist Erik Satie (1888). The music sheet contains very sparse notes and articulations. ![]() Need a Tranquilizer, Play This Even very young pianists can play “Gymnopedie No.1”, they say.
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