Performances in N.Y.C. A century after the composer’s death, he is ubiquitous on relaxation playlists. Those just scratch the surface of a stranger, more complicated career. Credit...Photo12/Universal ...

Als u ooit op zoek bent geweest naar een afspeellijst om u te helpen ontspannen, focussen of in slaap vallen, bent u wellicht op de muziek van Erik Satie gestoten. De kans is groot dat u zijn ...

Erik Satie's music is better described by what it isn't than what it is. A contrarian, he wrote anti-emotional, anti-virtuosic and anti-Wagnerian music, basically rejecting all the major trends of ...

Composer Erik Satie was both eccentric and original. Dances from Knossos on Crete inspired his set of Gnossiennes. But unlike traditional dances, Satie's Gnossiennes are written without bar lines.

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Piano Bench is a project by guitarist Alex Baboian that is devoted to exploring and arranging 20th century classical piano music to be improvised with in the context of a modern jazz guitar trio. This ...

British pianist Rolf Hind is a nontraditional performer in London's Wigmore Hall. He plays three pieces by French impressionist composer Erik Satie — "Gnossiennes No 1," "Preludes flasques," and ...