All rights to the contents of this site are retained © 2004-2015 by Download2MP3 under UK law
DOWNLOAD2MP3*
Erik Satie
The eccentric café pianist
composer
Satie was Normandy bred but spent most of his
life in Paris and much of that living in small
rooms in Montmartre amongst the avant garde
artists with whom he associated.
His most well known music was composed for
piano and we have arranged it here on several
different combinations of Steel Drums,
Vibraphone, Gamelan, Harp and Marimba
depending on the different qualities of the
music. Satie declared himself to be a
phonometrician rather than composer and his
work and playing did not go down well with the
authorities at the Paris Conservatoire where he
was taught by Faure and Saint Saens amongst
others. However his work made a profound
influence on composers like Debussy and Ravel.
His radical intellectual approach to his art also
had a significant influence on other artists living
and working in Paris at the time.
Sarabandes No1, No2 and No3 are arranged
on Steel Drums, Vibraphone, Gamelan, Harp
and Marimba combination except for the third
where an Ocarina has been added and the Harp
has been dropped.
Donationware - How it works
Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use. Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
Gymnopedies Nos 1 - 3 are typical early works
rendered here on Steel Drums, Vibraphone,
Gamelan, Harp and Marimba combination that
emphasise the plangent tones and the bright top
notes.
Trois Gnossienes are sometimes considered to
be dances like the Sarabandes and Gymnopedies
but they are known to follow on from them -
arranged here on Vibraphone, Gamelan and
Marimba.
Gnossienne No 4 was published posthumously
but the original manuscript does exist and is
arranged here on Vibraphone, Gamelan for the
right hand and Gamelan, Steel Drum and
Marimba for the left. This produces a very
distinctive sound that seems to go well with this
piece.
Sonatina Bureaucratique is a later work and is
seen as a neo-classical piece with a formal
structure along the lines of Clementi’s Sonatina
with three movements and some development of
the themes and an underlying humorous intent.
It is arranged here on Steel Drums, Vibraphone,
Gamelan and Marimba to sparkling effect.
rendered here on Steel Drums, Vibraphone,
Gamelan, Harp and Marimba combination that
emphasise the plangent tones and the bright top
notes.
Trois Gnossienes are sometimes considered to
be dances like the Sarabandes and Gymnopedies
but they are known to follow on from them -
arranged here on Vibraphone, Gamelan and
Marimba.
Gnossienne No 4 was published posthumously
but the original manuscript does exist and is
arranged here on Vibraphone, Gamelan for the
right hand and Gamelan, Steel Drum and
Marimba for the left. This produces a very
distinctive sound that seems to go well with this
piece.
Sonatina Bureaucratique is a later work and is
seen as a neo-classical piece with a formal
structure along the lines of Clementi’s Sonatina
with three movements and some development of
the themes and an underlying humorous intent.
It is arranged here on Steel Drums, Vibraphone,
Gamelan and Marimba to sparkling effect.
All rights to the contents of this site are retained © 2004-2015 by
Download2MP3 under UK law
DOWNLOAD2MP3*
Donationware - How it works
Copyright: we retain the copy right on our arrangements for public performance or any other commercial application but grant you the right to download it free of charge for your own personal use. Donation: If you enjoy the music I would be grateful if you would make a donation to the charitable Trust Fund run by Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club.
Erik Satie
The eccentric café pianist
composer
Satie was Normandy bred but spent most of his life in Paris and much of that living in small rooms in Montmartre amongst the avant garde artists with whom he associated. His most well known music was composed for piano and we have arranged it here on several different combinations of Steel Drums, Vibraphone, Gamelan, Harp and Marimba depending on the different qualities of the music. Satie declared himself to be a phonometrician rather than composer and his work and playing did not go down well with the authorities at the Paris Conservatoire where he was taught by Faure and Saint Saens amongst others. However his work made a profound influence on composers like Debussy and Ravel. His radical intellectual approach to his art also had a significant influence on other artists living and working in Paris at the time. Sarabandes No1, No2 and No3 are arranged on Steel Drums, Vibraphone, Gamelan, Harp and Marimba combination except for the third where an Ocarina has been added and the Harp has been dropped. Gymnopedies Nos 1 - 3 are typical early works rendered here on Steel Drums, Vibraphone, Gamelan, Harp and Marimba combination that emphasise the plangent tones and the bright top notes. Trois Gnossienes are sometimes considered to be dances like the Sarabandes and Gymnopedies but they are known to follow on from them - arranged here on Vibraphone, Gamelan and Marimba. Gnossienne No 4 was published posthumously but the original manuscript does exist and is arranged here on Vibraphone, Gamelan for the right hand and Gamelan, Steel Drum and Marimba for the left. This produces a very distinctive sound that seems to go well with this piece. Sonatina Bureaucratique is a later work and is seen as a neo-classical piece with a formal structure along the lines of Clementi’s Sonatina with three movements and some development of the themes and an underlying humorous intent. It is arranged here on Steel Drums, Vibraphone, Gamelan and Marimba to sparkling effect.
