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