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Satie, Erik: Gymnopédies

Setting: Piano
Length: 16 pages
Weight: 0.086 kg
Published: 2024
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1072
Other reference: HN 1072
ISMN: 9790201810720
Headstrong and eccentric, Satie consciously distanced himself from the Romantic traditions of the nineteenth century. His three miniatures for piano ''Gymnopédies'' are the first testimony to his idea of a ''New Simplicity'': repetitive, steady rhythms that are reminiscent of ancient cult dances have their very own meditative charm. Satie’s principle of stringing together musical units rather than forcing them to develop later proved groundbreaking for many musical movements of the twentieth cen
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