Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Ăpoque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before Surrealism and a conceptual artist before Conceptual Art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was always a few steps ahead of his peers at the apex of modernism. Thereâs scarcely a turn in postwar music, both classical and popular, that Satie doesnât anticipate. Moving from the variety shows of Montmartreâs Le Chat Noir to suburban Arcueil, from the Parisian demi-monde to the artistic avant-garde, cult critic Ian Penmanâs masterful Erik Satie Three Piece Suite is an exhilarating and playful three part study of this elusive and endlessly fascinating figure, published to mark the centenary of Satieâs death.
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Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Ăpoque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before Surrealism and a conceptual artist before Conceptual Art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was always a few steps ahead of his peers at the apex of modernism. Thereâs scarcely a turn in postwar music, both classical and popular, that Satie doesnât anticipate. Moving from the variety shows of Montmartreâs Le Chat Noir to suburban Arcueil, from the Parisian demi-monde to the artistic avant-garde, cult critic Ian Penmanâs masterful Erik Satie Three Piece Suite is an exhilarating and playful three part study of this elusive and endlessly fascinating figure, published to mark the centenary of Satieâs death.
