Embryons Dessèchès for piano, Eric Satie

EMBRYONS DESSÈCHÈS FOR PIANO - ERIC SATIE

DESCRIPTION
In the summer of 1913 Satie once more poked fun at himself and the world of music with a set of parodic piano pieces on various marine animals, giving it the grotesque title Embryons desséchés (Dessicated Embryos)(BA 10811). The atmospheric cycle Avant-dernières Pensées (Next-to-last Thoughts) (BA 10849) of 1915, with its underlaid words, likewise belongs to Saties story pieces. The notation without barlines, the stories beneath the music and the spoofsof well-known pieces of music, most strikingly the Funeral March from Chopins Piano Sonata in B minor, make the work a barrel of musical fun. The curious performance instructions in these three miniatures, all based onostinato figures, amusingly lampoon the ideal of Romantic expressiveness. These two Urtext editions faithfully adhere to the sources and reflect the latest findings of Satie scholarship. They contain translations of all of Saties French texts, practical page-turns, notes on performance practice by Satie specialist Steffen Schleiermacher and informative Forewords. The pieces range from an easy to moderate level of difficulty and provide an ideal additional varied repertoire for teaching purposes.

SPECIFICATIONS
Composer Erik Satie
MR-Product Format Instrumental Work
Editor Jens Rosteck
Instrument Group Piano or Keyboard
Instrumentation Piano
Product Type Book [Softcover]
Series Bärenreiter Urtext
Publisher Bärenreiter-Verlag
StylePeriodView Description Post 1901
Year of Publication 2015
No. Pages 25
ISMN 9790006521067
Edition Number BA 10811
No. BA10811