Satie - 3 Morceaux en forme de poire

[zflauta92]

This is NOT a Gnossienne! This piece is called ,,3 Morceaux en forme de poire'' composed in 1903. In translation it would be something like - Three pear-shaped pieces. A really interesting anecdote is related to this, mainly because of Debussy not liking this composition and calling Satie a untalented boy.

I believe there has somehow come to a mistake. The Gnossiennes are only six, composed in the years 1889–97.

[rasboras]

@zflauta92

Debussy has never thought that Satie was "untalented". Actually he advises Satie to give a form, or more form, to his works. Then Satie called his new work "Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire".

[zflauta92]

@rasboras Well, I'm sorry if I have in some kind typed an misleading information, but that's what I have read about this piece in my study books. ;) Any how, I find it very funny and I still remember how curious I was when I looked this piece up at youtube.

[TheWanderingNight]

@zflauta92 Of course though, the numerations outside of the first three are largely irrelevant, since they only relate to their discovery. The composition dates of all seven (yes, including the original three) are all over the place though.

[TheWanderingNight]

@zflauta92 From "Sept Gnossiennes", published by Salabert: "In the manuscript of Trois Morceaux en forme de poire, written in September 1903 for piano four hands, Satie added this note in the margin of the first piece, "Maniere de Commencement": "Gnossienne from 'Le Fils des Etoiles'. Was composed in 1891"."

Just like how the 4th, 5th and 6th were intended as stand-alone pieces separate from the original three, this 7th was intended as a part of the Trois Morceaux.

[MartinDickMidi]

Ongelooflijk wat een rust.

Geiet van ieder noot 

[ozzybaanders]

@MartinDickMidi sukkel

[leoservet]

where can i find the partition please?? it's really beautiful

[realjess29]

Lets hope they find an eighth

[Sensenwerk]

woooow. didn't know this excisted until now

[mahler151]

What a delightful piece. Has a very sinister sound that makes it more menacing than anything else I've ever heard from Satie.

[jrfuent]

very nice. how many gonissienes did he make total? 

[lukawski100]

@jrfuent 6

[phantasmalmirth]

this is my first time hearing this gnossienne. It's amazing.

[TheNumber1John]

i thought there were only 6?

[SuperMegaPeanut]

@TheNumber1John They recently discovered a seventh

[ironpianist]

there is no no. 7 this is from "Morceaux en forme de Poire"

[JupiterIV]

@ironpianist Satie later adapted Gnossienne VII for piano-four-hands as the introduction to the "Three Pieces for Piano in the Shape of a Pear".

[schokolade975]

It's an interesting interpretation - indeed... I'd be lying, calling you talent deprived... But for me your version isn't homogeneous enough. I got the "normal" 6 parts of the Gnossiènnes and I'm lacking the last one. I'm lying on my couch - dreaming, relaxing - listening to 6 parts and then suddenly your 7th part starts with that much allegro - that I couldn't have been so far from a cardiac arrest... Well - I survived so far - but would it be possible to smoothen your interpretation?

[MotEmantsalon]

@schokolade975 Even in composition, the seventh Gnossienne is ridicuously different from the other six... Though it has some similarity to Gnossienne 1.

As such, my advice is to play this like you would play Gnossienne 1.

[fancynot]

... real good interpretation of that very subtle piece *****