Satie the Composer (Music in the Twentieth Century)

Erik Satie remains one of the most bizarre figures in music history, yet everything he did has its own curious logic, once it can be perceived. In this important new study Dr Orledge reveals what made Satie 'tick' as a composer, dealing with every aspect of Satie's complex career and relating his achievement to the other arts and to the society in which he lived. Almost every figure in contemporary art was involved with Satie in some way or another, from Matisse and Picasso to Apollinaire, Cocteau and Brancusi. As the book progresses Satie appears as far more than just the composer of the popular Gymnopèdies and Parade.Robert Orledge is the author of 'Satie the Composer (Music in the Twentieth Century)', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521350372 and ISBN 0521350379.