Gymnopedie 3 - Erik Satie (Classical Piano) Photos by Pianopod

This video is the third of the three Gymnopédies with a slide show which I have called "Evening Skies". I took these photos at various locations around the world, including Lake Garda in Italy, Antigua in the Caribbean, The Algarve in Portugal, and on the Island of Lanzarote.

Unfortunately, I am not playing the piano in this video.

The Gymnopédies, published in Paris starting in 1888, are three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.

The Gymnopédies are the first compositions with which Erik Satie tried to cut himself loose from the conventional 19th century "salon music" environment of his father and stepmother. Satie apparently used the word "gymnopédiste" (gymnopaedist), before having written a note of his later so famous gymnopédies.

The anecdote of Satie introducing himself as a "gymnopaedist" in December 1887 runs as follows: the first time Satie visited the Chat Noir cabaret, he was introduced to its director, Rodolphe Salis, famous for serving sharp comments. Being coerced to mention his profession, Satie, lacking any recognisable professional occupation, presented himself as a "gymnopaedist", supposedly in an attempt to outwit the director.

The composition of the three Gymnopédies started only two months later, and was completed in April 1888. In August 1888, the "First Gymnopédie" was published, accompanied by the verse of Contamine quoted above. However, it remains uncertain whether the poem was composed before the music, or whether Contamine intended the verse as a tribute to his friend, who had now completed both a set of sarabands and gymnopédies.

Later the same year the "Third Gymnopédie" was published. There was, however, no publication of the "Second Gymnopédie" until 7 years later, with several announcements of an impending publication of this gymnopédie being made in the Chat Noir and Auberge du Clou periodicals (Wikipedia)


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[joanegel]

I like this song because it seems so simple.

[Pianopod]

@joanegel Thanks for the comment!. I agree with you, it seems so simple, yet it is such a beautiful piece of music. Satie was a true musical genius. He was to music what the Impressionists were to art.

[SnowbirdFlock]

Nice, and rather sad-sounding. For some reason, sometimes sad music is just what I need to feel happy.

[narniafan1111]

I'm learning to play this right now... I can't tell you how much I love it! <3

Pure elegance... thank you for this video.

[Flatfoot2282]

ahhh...if only you could have caught the green flash

[MyrkaKitty]

Hb mm

[prufrock27]

Dearest Pianopod, thank you so much for the illustrious videos you've created for three of Satie's timeless works. Being a pianist, these are among my lifelong favorites and your works are beyond complimentary, they're definitive. Again, thank you so much.

[alienproxy]

@XxrawrbabiixX This is very easy to find if you intend to pay for it. If not, I suggest a torrent or finding the MIDI file (also very easy to find) and "reading" the MIDI notation with a program like Sibelius or others.

[Ifrit42]

@61vanilla then you won't go anywhere. and you will only be in places, that everyone already knows

[XxrawrbabiixX]

does anyone know where i can get the sheet music?

[Blackmarketmusic13]

@SnowbirdFlock. As do I, it is a curious thing. Suppose it is an expressing of emotions, rather than an attempt at eradicating them.