| Twenty Short Pieces for Piano (Sports Et Divertissements) Contributor(s): Satie, Erik (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486243656 ISBN-13: 9780486243658 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2012 Annotation: French master's brilliant thumbnail sketches -- verbal and musical -- of various outdoor sports and amusements. English translations, 20 illustrations. Rare, limited 1925 edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical - Music | Printed Music - Piano & Keyboard Repertoire |
| Dewey: 786.218 |
| LCCN: 83750532 |
| Series: Dover Music for Piano |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 11.66" W x 8.64" (0.39 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |