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Satie, Erik: Avant-dernieres Pensées

sheet music

Op. 23,4
Setting: Piano
Length: 20 pages
Weight: 0.099 kg
Published: May 1, 2017
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1181
Other reference: HN 1181
ISMN: 9790201811819
In a typically humorous manner Satie countered the myth of the great master’s ''last thought'' with his ''Next-to-last thoughts'' (Avant-dernieres Pensées). As was usual with his piano works from 1912 onwards, each of the three highly distinctive pieces with their sound sensitive piano settings contained a short whimsical story printed in the musical text as a subtext, which is more or less closely connected with the music. Satie dedicated his ''Next-to-last thoughts'' to prominent contemporarie
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