Gymnopédie - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - Perceptions Of Antiquity In The 19th Century
Regarding Greek Antiquity Otfried Müller was esteemed as one of the major authorities for many decades continuing after his accidental d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Smith Lexicographer: Encyclopedia - William Smith Lexicographer
Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. He was originally destined ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopaedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopaedia - Gymnopaedia In Ancient Greece
Gymnopaedia - The gymnopaedia festival. In ancient Sparta, the Gymnopaedia was, since approximately 650 BC, a yearly celebration during...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erik Satie: Encyclopedia Ii - Erik Satie - Life And Work
Erik Satie - Early years. Erik Satie's youth was spent alternating between living in Honfleur, Basse-Normandie, and Paris. When he was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erik Satie: Encyclopedia Ii - Erik Satie - Life And Work
Erik Satie - Early years. Erik Satie's youth was spent alternating between living in Honfleur, Basse-Normandie, and Paris. When he was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopaedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopaedia - Etymology
The word gymnopaedia is composed of γυμνός (gymnos - "naked") and the plural of παιδίον (paidion - "child"). In Greek γυμ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Erik Satie: Encyclopedia Ii - Erik Satie - Petit Dictionnaire D'idées Reçues Short Dictionary Of Preconceived Ideas
"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 f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Erik Satie: Encyclopedia Ii - Erik Satie - Petit Dictionnaire D'idées Reçues Short Dictionary Of Preconceived Ideas
"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 f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - The Music
Satie's Gymnopédies are gentle yet complex and irregular pieces of music, which deliberately flout many common practices in classical an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - Modern Versions
The Gymnopédies are an evergreen for use as background music in, for instance, film. Several pages could be filled with new versions and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - Modern Versions
The Gymnopédies are an evergreen for use as background music in, for instance, film. Several pages could be filled with new versions and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - Contamine De Latour Poetry
In the late 1880s Patrice Contamine (1867–1926), at that time better known as J.P. Contamine de Latour (one of his many pseudonyms) wro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - Satie Gymnopedist
Contamine's poetry inspired Erik Satie to the first compositions with which he tried to cut himself loose from the conventional 19th cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - The Music
The Gymnopédies are ethereal, atmospheric pieces regarded as precursors to modern ambient music; in fact, Brian Eno, the pioneering figu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gymnopédie: Encyclopedia Ii - Gymnopédie - Debussy Orchestrations
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 ...   » Read the article