Twenty Short Pieces for Piano (Sports Et Divertissements) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486243658)

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.

Author: Erik Satie
ISBN-10: 0486243656
ISBN-13: 9780486243658
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2012
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.64h x 11.66w x 0.17d