Satie Trois Gymnopédies

These three short, atmospheric pieces are regarded to be the precursors to modern ambiant music. The first is the most famous, but they all share a similar sturcture. The melodies of the pieces use deliberate, but mild, dissonances against the harmony, producing a piquant, melancholy effect that matches the performance instructions, which are to play each piece "slowly", "dolorously" or "gravely".

The works are possibly bassed off of the poetry of J.P. Contamine de Latour.

From "Les Antiques":

Slanting and shadow-cutting a flickering eddy
Trickled in gusts of gold to the shiny flagstone
Where the ambre atoms in the fire mirroring themselves
Mingled their sarabande to the gymnopaedia

Paintings by Vilhelm Hammershøi
Played by: Anne Queffelec

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Satie
• gymnopedie
• piano

[Magnetsinmyback]

thank you yesterday i noticed a bare winter trees which has no leaves but fruits on its top which had been always sit next to me during my work because he is waving in the wind so hardly and birds might sit sometimes. on this piece the wind might come through the curtain, vase in the fower,spoon on the table, cat on the rag, toy on the carpet, and dining foor so it doesnt smell omlet. :)