Comment by kashyapc

Comment by kashyapc 2 days ago

Thanks for sharing; I didn't expect to see Erik Satie on HN :-)

It's a lovely little vignette of Satie's work and life. If you haven't already, give a listen to his Gnossiennes and Gymnopédies. Beautiful melodies with a lot of harmonic variation.

windowshopping 2 days ago

I think his most underrated and unknown piece is _Danses de travers_.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6nuiNN3JI&list=RD9x6nuiNN3...

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mvkel 2 days ago

What a beautiful piece. For me it evokes a river: not knowing where it's going, but sounding exactly right in the moment

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FerretFred 2 days ago

I was going to ask what (a) Gnossienne is, but "a completely new and made up word, in this case, "gnossienne."

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kashyapc an hour ago

Exactly! I left out that detail with the hope that the reader will discover it ;-)

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rxtexit a day ago

I would also add Satie's Nocturnes are just as good and just as beautiful.

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