Eric Alfred Leslie Satie[n 1] (born 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at …

Oct 15, 2025 · Erik Satie, French composer whose spare, unconventional, often witty style exerted a major influence on 20th-century music, particularly in France. His work represents …

Starting with his first composition in 1884, he signed his name as Erik Satie. Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the...

Jun 19, 2025 · July 2, 2025, marks 100 years since the death of French avant-garde composer Erik Satie. Largely dismissed as an eccentric in his lifetime, Satie is now regarded as a …

Jul 1, 2025 · He was a mystery to many during his lifetime and, a century after his death, remains elusive: a house of mirrors full of tricks, distortions and dead ends. Satie’s caricature of himself....

Jun 28, 2025 · Satie believed that music should transcend mere technicality and evoke deep emotional experiences. Perhaps it was his childhood in Honfleur, rich with nature and …

Jun 29, 2025 · If asked to name our favorite French composer of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, most of us would reach straight for Erik Satie, being able to bring to mind …

Welcome to the official site of Denver-based musician Satie and his new album "Take a Ride." Featuring exciting tracks like "Take A Ride," "Ponies are Running (Ruidoso)," and "Beauty on …

Many of Satie's works were not published until many years after they were composed, including a considerable number first published posthumously. This article gives the known or …

Erik Satie (1866–1925) was a French composer and pianist. Today he is best known to us through his well-loved Gymnopédies, the small melancholic piano pieces from 1890, but at the …