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Erik Satie

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Gymnopédies / Gnossiennes... (2009)	Gnossiennes / Gymnopédies... (2004)	3 Gymnopédies / 6 Gnossie... (2001)
Piano Pictures (1998)	Complete Piano Works, Vol... (1994)	Piano Works, Volume 3 (1994)
Complete Piano Works, Vol... (1994)	Complete Piano Works, Vol... (1994)	Complete Piano Works, Vol... (1994)
Piano Works, Volume 4 (1994)	Arranged for Alto Guitar (1993)	Œuvres pour piano, Volume... (1993)
Œuvres pour piano, Volume... (1993)	Pièces pour piano (Yuji T... (1993)	Piano Works (Daniel Varsa... (1992)
The Music of Erik Satie (... (1992)	Satie Favorites (feat. pi... (1991)	Piano Works (Aldo Ciccolini) (1991)
The Complete Ballets of E... (1991)	Les Inspirations insolite... (1990)	Piano Works (selection) (1989)
E. Satie - R. Pöntinen (1986)	Satie: De la période humo... (1985)	Oeuvres pour piano (Volum... (1985)
3 Gymnopédies & Other Pia... (1984)

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1866

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Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1
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Erik Satie - Gnossienne No. 1
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Erik Satie - Je te veux
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Erik Satie - Je te veux

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Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866–Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, pianist, and writer. Over the years, Erik Satie was described as a precursor of movements and styles as varied as impressionism, neo-classicism, dada, surrealism, conceptual art, minimalism, and ambient music. As well as taking the first steps towards techniques such as prepared piano and music-to-film synchronisation, Satie became one of the first musicians to perform a cameo appearance in a film, in 1924’s Entr’acte by the French filmmaker René Clair. Satie appears to have been the avant-garde to half of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. He was in contact with Tristan Tzara, the initiator of the Dada movement. He got to know the other Dadaists, such as Francis Picabia (later to become a Surrealist), André Derain, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. Satie contributed to the Dadaist publication 391. In the first months of 1922, he was surprised to find himself entangled in the argument between Tzara and André Breton. Satie originally sided with Tzara, but managed to maintain friendly relations with most players in both camps. Satie is today regarded as a key modernist composer. As well as influencing contemporaries such as Claude Debussy, who orchestrated some of his piano works, and Maurice Ravel, his tendency towards simplicity and repetition continue to inform modern avant-garde genres.