Gymnopédie

Regarding Greek Antiquity Otfried Müller was esteemed as one of the major authorities for many decades continuing after his accidental death in 1840. Otfried Müller wrote most of his works in German, which was in low esteem in late 19th century France, and hardly understood by anyone in Paris. Surely not by Satie, who was a notable Sauerkraut adversary, where Sauerkraut meant anything German. Fortunately there were translations and divulgations of what Müller and other researchers of Ancient Greece had uncovered since late 18th centu ...

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Gymnopédie, Gymnopédie - Contamine de Latour poetry, Gymnopédie - Perceptions of Antiquity in the 19th century, Gymnopédie - Satie gymnopedist, Gymnopédie - The music, Gymnopédie - Debussy orchestrations, Gymnopédie - Modern versions, Gymnopédie - Notes and References

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Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. He was originally destined for a theological career, but instead was articled to a solicitor. In his spare time he taught himself classics, and when he entered University College he carried off both the Greek and Latin prizes. He was entered at Gray's Inn in 1830, but gave up his legal studies for a post at ...

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Gymnopaedia - The gymnopaedia festival. In ancient Sparta, the Gymnopaedia was, since approximately 650 BC, a yearly celebration during which naked youths displayed their athletic and martial skills through the medium of dancing. The festival, celebrated in the summertime, was dedicated to Apollo (and/or, according to Plutarch, to Athena). Plato praises gymnopaedia-like exercises and performances in The Laws as an excellent medium of education: by dancing strenuously in the summer heat, Spartan youth were tra ...

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Gymnopaedia, Gymnopaedia - Etymology, Gymnopaedia - Gymnopaedia in ancient Greece, Gymnopaedia - The gymnopaedia festival, Gymnopaedia - Roman era

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Erik Satie - Early years. Erik Satie's youth was spent alternating between living in Honfleur, Basse-Normandie, and Paris. When he was four years old, his family moved to Paris, his father (Alfred), having been offered a translator's job in the capital. After his mother (born Jane Leslie Anton) died in 1872, he was sent, together with his younger brother Conrad, back to Honfleur, to live with his paternal grandparents. There he received his first music lessons from a local organist. When his grandmother died in 1 ...

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Erik Satie - Early years. Erik Satie's youth was spent alternating between living in Honfleur, Basse-Normandie, and Paris. When he was four years old, his family moved to Paris, his father (Alfred), having been offered a translator's job in the capital. After his mother (born Jane Leslie Anton) died in 1872, he was sent, together with his younger brother Conrad, back to Honfleur, to live with his paternal grandparents. There he received his first music lessons from a local organist. When his grandmother died in 1 ...

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Erik Satie, Erik Satie - Life and Work, Erik Satie - Early years, Erik Satie - Early years in Arcueil cabaret compositions Schola Cantorum, Erik Satie - Riding the waves, Erik Satie - Epilogue: the shrine of Arcueil, Erik Satie - Petit dictionnaire d'idées reçues short dictionary of preconceived ideas, Erik Satie - Notes, Erik Satie - External links, Erik Satie - Sources, Erik Satie - Recordings

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The word gymnopaedia is composed of γυμνός (gymnos - "naked") and the plural of παιδίον (paidion - "child"). In Greek γυμνοπαιδία is always plural. Apart from "gymnopaedia", modern transliterations include "Gymnopaidiai" (mostly older translations of Greek texts, maintaining a plural form for the word), "gymnopedia", "gymnopedie" and "gymnopédie" (in French, or when referring to the E ...

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Gymnopaedia, Gymnopaedia - Etymology, Gymnopaedia - Gymnopaedia in ancient Greece, Gymnopaedia - The gymnopaedia festival, Gymnopaedia - Roman era

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"Idée reçue" is a play on words; in French it is the normal term for "prejudice", but Satie used it as the non-material equivalent of found objects (as in readymades) — for example, when he incorporated odd bits of music by Saint-Saëns and Ambroise Thomas in his furniture music. This section treats some popular (mis)conceptions regarding Satie and his music: Satie and furniture music: not all of Satie's music is furniture music. In the strict sense the term applies only to five of his compositions, which he ...

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Erik Satie, Erik Satie - Life and Work, Erik Satie - Early years, Erik Satie - Early years in Arcueil cabaret compositions Schola Cantorum, Erik Satie - Riding the waves, Erik Satie - Epilogue: the shrine of Arcueil, Erik Satie - Petit dictionnaire d'idées reçues short dictionary of preconceived ideas, Erik Satie - Notes, Erik Satie - External links, Erik Satie - Sources, Erik Satie - Recordings

"Idée reçue" is a play on words; in French it is the normal term for "prejudice", but Satie used it as the non-material equivalent of found objects (as in readymades) — for example, when he incorporated odd bits of music by Saint-Saëns and Ambroise Thomas in his furniture music. This section treats some popular (mis)conceptions regarding Satie and his music: Satie and furniture music: not all of Satie's music is furniture music. In the strict sense the term applies only to five of his compositions, which he ...

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Erik Satie, Erik Satie - Life and work, Erik Satie - Early years, Erik Satie - Early years in Arcueil cabaret compositions Schola Cantorum, Erik Satie - Riding the waves, Erik Satie - Epilogue: the shrine of Arcueil, Erik Satie - Petit dictionnaire d'idées reçues short dictionary of preconceived ideas, Erik Satie - Notes, Erik Satie - External links, Erik Satie - Sources, Erik Satie - Recordings and arrangements

Satie's Gymnopédies are gentle yet complex and irregular pieces of music, which deliberately flout many common practices in classical and even contemporary music; rhythms shift out of phase, phrases terminate mid-flow and key signatures shift much more commonly than usual. Its cheekiness in avoiding musical conventions however is barely noticeable since the music is strongly guided by its poignant emotional load, and the average listener comes away remembering them for their narrative beauty and elega ...

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Gymnopédie, Gymnopédie - Contamine de Latour poetry, Gymnopédie - Perceptions of Antiquity in the 19th century, Gymnopédie - Satie gymnopedist, Gymnopédie - The music, Gymnopédie - Debussy orchestrations, Gymnopédie - Modern versions, Gymnopédie - Notes and References

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The Gymnopédies are an evergreen for use as background music in, for instance, film. Several pages could be filled with new versions and orchestrations used in such context. In popular music the Gymnopédies music has been used, for instance, by: the avant-garde band Blood, Sweat and Tears (two tracks named "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie" in "Blood, Sweat & Tears", their second album); the brothers John and Steve Hackett, the former guitarist for Genesis ("Sketches of Sat ...

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Gymnopédie, Gymnopédie - Contamine de Latour poetry, Gymnopédie - Perceptions of Antiquity in the 19th century, Gymnopédie - Satie gymnopedist, Gymnopédie - The music, Gymnopédie - Debussy orchestrations, Gymnopédie - Modern versions, Gymnopédie - Notes and References

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The Gymnopédies are an evergreen for use as background music in, for instance, film. Several pages could be filled with new versions and orchestrations used in such context. In popular music the Gymnopédies music has been used, for instance, by: the avant-garde band Blood, Sweat and Tears (two tracks named "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie" on Blood, Sweat & Tears, their second album); the brothers John and Steve Hackett, the former guitarist for Genesis (Sketches of Satie)See also:

Gymnopédie, Gymnopédie - Contamine de Latour poetry, Gymnopédie - Perceptions of Antiquity in the 19th century, Gymnopédie - Satie gymnopedist, Gymnopédie - The music, Gymnopédie - Debussy orchestrations, Gymnopédie - Modern versions, Gymnopédie - Notes and References

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In the late 1880s Patrice Contamine (1867–1926), at that time better known as J.P. Contamine de Latour (one of his many pseudonyms) wrote Les Antiques ("The Ancient"), a poem containing these lines: Oblique et coupant l'ombre un torrent éclatant Ruisselait en flots d'or sur la dalle polie Où les atomes d'ambre au feu se miroitant Mêlaient leur sarabande à la gymnopédie Slanting and shadow-cutting a flickering eddy T ...

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Gymnopédie, Gymnopédie - Contamine de Latour poetry, Gymnopédie - Perceptions of Antiquity in the 19th century, Gymnopédie - Satie gymnopedist, Gymnopédie - The music, Gymnopédie - Debussy orchestrations, Gymnopédie - Modern versions, Gymnopédie - Notes and References

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Contamine's poetry inspired Erik Satie to the first compositions with which he tried to cut himself loose from the conventional 19th century "salon music" environment of his father and stepmother. E.g. in September 1887 Satie composed three "sarabands" (Trois Sarabandes), taking a quote from Contamine's La Perdition by way of introduction. A remarkable feat is that Satie, apparently, used the word "gymnopédiste" (gymnopedist), before having written a ...

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The Gymnopédies are ethereal, atmospheric pieces regarded as precursors to modern ambient music; in fact, Brian Eno, the pioneering figure of ambient music, has cited Satie as a prime influence. Satie himself used the term "furniture music" to refer to some of his pieces, implying that they could be used as mood-setting background music. However, Satie himself only started to use the term furniture music for some of his 20th century compositions: Satie would never designate the Gymnopédies as furniture music. From the second ...

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By the end of 1896 Satie's popularity and financial situation was at an all time low. Claude Debussy, whose popularity was rising at the time, decided on an effort to draw more public attention to the work of his thentime friend. According to Debussy, the 2nd gymnopédie did not lend itself to orchestration, so he only orchestrated the 3rd and the 1st, reversing the numbering: First gymnopédie (original piano setting by Satie) → 3rd gymnopédie (orchestration by Debussy) Third gymnopédie (original piano setting by Satie) → See also:

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