Although Satie took the classical form as a model for his ''Sonatine'', it is quintessentially an ironic work. The composer, who later in life liked to be seen walking through the streets wearing a stiff collar and bowler hat, included lines of text between the staves that describe the day of a typical Parisian bureaucrat. The bureaucrat sits in a chair with green silk sleeve guards and dreams of being promoted. ''Next door a piano is playing Clementi''” and at this point parodied echoes of Clem